This easy-to-read modern tablature should be completely faithful to Gaspar Sanz's original tablature. Let me know of any errors you find. Donald Sauter.
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Short ID: GS26a.
Title: Canarios.
Composer: Gaspar Sanz.
Source: Instruccion; tomo 2; page 6.
Date: 1697.
Facsimile: Minkoff, 1976.
Tuning: Baroque guitar (A D G B E).
Time sig: C 6/8.
Fixes, modifications and comments (M=Measure; p=Place in measure; s=String):
M1 first half of original seems to indicate 4er and 8th rests to give a
complete measure. This doesn't seem correct, given that the piece ends
with a half measure. The rests are not shown here.
Tablature elements to be added by hand:
Slurs. If only a starting point is given, slur includes all the following
uninterrupted notes on the same string.
M38 p1s1, p4-6s2.
M40 p1s2, p5-6s2.
M46 p1-3s1, p4s1.
M48 p1s1, p4s4.
Explanation of symbols:
" = trill, generally starting on upper neighbor.
# = vibrato.
, = mordent, main note to lower neighbor and back to the main note.
Octave doublings: If you play this on a modern guitar, consider adding or
substituting the octave above any note played on the 4th or 5th string.
Leading measure in Sanz's original tablature:
1 12 26 39. Last measure is 48.
Thanks to Roberto Neri for his eagle-eyed proofreading help.
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Canarios. GS26a: Page 1 of 2.
Baroque guitar (A D G B E). Leading measures: 1 8 16 23 30 37. Gaspar Sanz.
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Sanz. Canarios. Leading measures: 45. GS26a: Page 2 of 2.
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