This easy-to-read modern tablature should be completely faithful to Anthoine Carre's original tablature. Let me know of any errors you find. Donald Sauter.
Back to the main page for
Anthoine Carre,
with an index of his works for the Baroque guitar in
Livre de Pieces de Guitarre et de Musique.
When you need a break from the guitar, please consider my page of
Scrabble II for word lovers!
Short ID: AC13. Title: Prelude. Composer: Anthoine Carre. Source: Livre de pieces de guitarre et de musique. Page 13. Date: ca. 1690? Tuning: Baroque guitar (A D G B E). Time sig: Cut (slashed "C"), but unmeasured! Fixes, modifications and comments (M=Measure; p=Place in measure; s=String): This is an UNMEASURED prelude, but it is presented here a second time with arbitrarily placed barlines. Use that version to figure out where the slurs go. It will also help you to correlate the modern tablature with the layout of Carre's original tablature. Print the two versions out on separate pages. 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. M3 p1-3s5. M4 p1-3s4. M5 p4-6s2. M9 p1-3s4. M16 p2-4s3. Strums: Arrowheads ^ and v indicate strums. Open strings in strummed chords were not shown in the tablature; add as many open strings as sound good. Take a moment to re-draw the ^ arrowhead right at the top of the associated stem. Explanation of symbols: " = trill (starting on upper neighbor). , = mordent (none in this piece). Octave doublings: If you are playing on a modern, single-string guitar, consider adding or substituting the next octave up almost everywhere you see a 4th- or 5th-string note. Performance style: consider playing the 8th notes inegales, that is, as dotted 8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel). Leading measures - artificially created! - in Carre's original tablature: 1 6 10 14. Last measure is 17. *** 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. Prelude. AC13: Page 1 of 1. Baroque guitar (A D G B E). Anthoine Carre. ^ | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___3_________3________5_________________3________________________3_________________3____________ ___3_______3________3_____________________________________4____3___3_4_6_"4_3____4_______3______ _________0________5___________________0_________________0____4_________________5_______5_____3__ _______0________4__________________________0_1_3_"1_0________________________________4_____5____ ___1_1___________________0_1_3_"1_0_1_________________2_________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___0______1_________3___3_____3_0______1_______0________________________________________________ _3______3_________3_________2________3_______2__________3____________3_________1_______3________ ______________________0___2______________0_2_____"0___2____________3_________0___2___3_______3__ ______0_______3____________________3________________4______4_2_0_5_____"3_1________0_____1_3____ ____________3___1_______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________0_____2______3___5_______________3_____________3_______2______3_ _1___________3_____3______4_________3____1_________3___________3_____________3___1___3___1______ ____"2_____0____________0__________________3_________5_"3__________________________________3____ __________________________________0____________4___________________3_"1_0_1________0____________ _______0_1_____1_2___3______3_4___________________________0_1___________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ^ | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________3_"2___2____3______||__________________________________________________________________ ______________1______3______||__________________________________________________________________ _3_2_0_____________0________||__________________________________________________________________ _______0____________________||__________________________________________________________________ _____________________1______||__________________________________________________________________ ____________________________||__________________________________________________________________ *** 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. Prelude. AC13: Page 1 of 1. Baroque guitar (A D G B E). Leading measures: 1 6 10 16. Anthoine Carre. ^ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___3_________3|_______5|________________3|_________________|_____3___________|_____3____________ ___3_______3__|_____3__|_________________|________________4|___3___3_4_6_"4_3|___4_______3______ _________0____|___5____|______________0__|______________0__|_4_______________|_5_______5_____3__ _______0______|_4______|_________________|_0_1_3_"1_0______|_________________|_______4_____5____ ___1_1________|________|_0_1_3_"1_0_1____|____________2____|_________________|__________________ ______________|________|_________________|_________________|_________________|__________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___0|_____1_________3___3_____3_0|_____1_______0_________|_________________|____________________ _3__|___3_________3_________2____|___3_______2__________3|___________3_____|___1_______3________ ____|_________________0___2______|_______0_2_____"0___2__|_________3_______|_0___2___3_______3__ ____|_0_______3__________________|_3________________4____|_4_2_0_5_____"3_1|_______0_____1_3____ ____|_______3___1________________|_______________________|_________________|____________________ ____|____________________________|_______________________|_________________|____________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ __|___________________|_________0_____2|_____3___5___________|___3_________|___3_______2____|_3_ _1|__________3_____3__|___4_________3__|_1_________3_________|_3___________|_3___1___3___1__|___ __|_"2_____0__________|_0______________|___3_________5_"3____|_____________|_______________3|___ __|___________________|___________0____|_______4_____________|_____3_"1_0_1|_______0________|___ __|____0_1_____1_2___3|_____3_4________|__________________0_1|_____________|________________|___ __|___________________|________________|_____________________|_____________|________________|___ ^ | | | | | | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________3_"2___2|___3_______||_________________________________________________________________ ______________1__|___3_______||_________________________________________________________________ _3_2_0___________|_0_________||_________________________________________________________________ _______0_________|___________||_________________________________________________________________ _________________|___1_______||_________________________________________________________________ _________________|___________||_________________________________________________________________