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.

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Short ID:  AC31.
Title:     Second desus du Menuet.
Composer:  Anthoine Carre.
Source:    Livre de pieces de guitarre et de musique.
           Page 31. 
Date:      ca. 1690?

Tuning:    Baroque guitar (A D G B E).
Time sig:  3. 

Fixes, modifications and comments (M=Measure; p=Place in measure; s=String): 
  None.

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.
    M5 p3-4s1.
    M13 p3-4s1.
    M14 p3s1.

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 (main note to lower neighbor and back to the main note).
  . = do not strum this string in the chord. 

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 in Carre's original tablature:
  1 8 14.  Last measure is 16.


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                            Second desus du Menuet.                         AC31: Page 1 of 1.
  Baroque guitar (A D G B E).  Leading measures: 1 11.                         Anthoine Carre.

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_____________________________________________________________________________v__________________
___1_5_1|_0_0_0|______0__|_______|_1_3_5_3_5_1|_0_0_0|______0|_________||__1___3|_"0____|_______
________|_2___2|_"3_____3|_"2___2|____________|_2___2|_"3____|_"2______||__1____|______1|_,3____
________|______|__0___0__|__2____|____________|______|______0|__2_____*||*_2____|_______|_______
___0____|______|__0______|_______|_0__________|______|__0____|________*||*_3____|_______|_______
________|_4____|_________|__0____|____________|_4____|_______|__0______||______1|__3____|__0____
________|______|_________|_______|____________|______|_______|_________||_______|_______|_______

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____________________v___________________________________________________________________________
_1___3|_"0___0_0|_1___3_1|_"0___1_0|_________|_________||_______________________________________
______|_________|_1______|_________|_3_"3___2|_,3______||_______________________________________
_3____|_________|_2______|_________|_________|________*||_______________________________________
______|_________|_3______|_________|_________|__0_____*||_______________________________________
______|__0_____0|________|__3___0__|_1__0____|_________||_______________________________________
______|_________|________|_________|_________|_________||_______________________________________