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Short ID: AM47. Title: Fantasia (octavo tono). Composer: Alonso Mudarra. Source: Tres Libros de Musica en Cifras para Vihuela... Libro II, folio XXIIII. Date: 1546. Facsimile: Chanterelle, p121. Tuning: Vihuela tuning. Time sig: Moderato. ("C" on Mudarra's 2nd line. See general Mudarra comments.) Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): All rhythm values have been halved. Tablature elements to be added by hand: Let ring as long as possible (see general Mudarra comments): M7r2s1, m9r3, m12r2s4, m40r2, m59r1s1. Fermata on very last chord. Suggested simplification (if need be): _____________ |_9_______9_| |_5_________| |___ to _10_| |_7_______7_| |___________| |___________| Leading measures in Mudarra's original tablature: 1 13 25 37 48 60 73 84 94. Last measure is 95. *** Download and edit out all material above and below the tablature. *** See my printing tips in the page, "General comments on the tablature." *** Print out starting with the title line below. Fantasia (octavo tono). AM47: Page 1 of 2. Vihuela tuning. Leading measures: 1 16 30 43 54 69. 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Fantasia. Leading measures: 82 94. 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