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Short ID: AM51.
Title: Respice in me Deus de Gomberth.
Composer: Alonso Mudarra.
Source: Tres Libros de Musica en Cifras para Vihuela...
Libro III, folio III.
Date: 1546.
Facsimile: Chanterelle, p137.
Tuning: Vihuela tuning.
Time sig: Moderato. ("C" on Mudarra's 2nd line. See general Mudarra comments.)
NOTE: ` indicates a sung note here. (It does not indicate an ornament.)
The text of the motet was printed below the staff.
Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string):
All rhythm values have been halved.
M83 Mudarra's original rhythm was 4er (4er 4er).
M152r1s3 also had indication for a sung note.
Tablature elements to be added by hand:
Fermata on very last chord.
Suggested simplifications (if need be):
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|_5______5_|_8________|_6______6_|__________|_5______5_|_5______5_|
|_1________|________1_|__________|_3______3_|_1________|__________|
|___ to _6_|___ to _1_|___ to ___|_4_ to ___|_3_ to _6_|_6_ to ___|
|_3______3_|_5______1_|_5________|__________|_3______7_|__________|
|__________|_6______3_|_5______5_|_1______1_|________8_|_3______3_|
|__________|_8________|_3______3_|_3______3_|__________|_5______5_|
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|_6______6_|_6______6_|_7______7_|
|________3_|_3______3_|_3______3_|
|_4_ to _4_|___ to ___|___ to ___|
|_5______5_|_5________|_5________|
|_5________|_5______5_|_5______5_|
|_3______3_|_3______3_|_3______3_|
Leading measures in Mudarra's original tablature:
1 16 28 41 55 66 75 86 97 114 128 141. Last measure is 154.
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Vihuela tuning. Leading measures: 1 16 26 39 51 63. Alonso Mudarra.
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Mudarra. Respice. Leading measures: 74 88 101 115 127 139. AM51: Page 2 of 3.
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Mudarra. Respice. Leading measures: 152. AM51: Page 3 of 3.
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