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:  AC48.
Title:     Gigue.
Composer:  Anthoine Carre.
Source:    Livre de pieces de guitarre et de musique.
           Page 48. 
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): 
  M16p3s4, m17p3s2 original fret letter looked more like "e" than "d", 
  which would sharp the note in each case (to D# and F#, respectively.)  
  Interpreted as "d" (fret 3) here, based on the sense of the music, and 
  actual comparison with the corresponding notes in the treble and bass parts 
  of the ensemble.  It seems the engraver occasionally rotated the "d" another 
  90 to 180 degrees counter-clockwise, either by mistake or for some reason 
  beyond me.  

Comparison of Guitar 1 melody with the Treble part: 
  Pieces in this big suite have four parts: Guitar 1 and Guitar 2; and Treble 
  and Bass parts written in music notation.  The upper line of Guitar 1 
  and the Treble part are so consistently identical, that it seems they are 
  supposed to be identical.  IF you want the Guitar 1 melody to correspond 
  EXACTLY to the Treble part...
    DO NOT STRUM the 1st string in the following chords.  Write "." in the 
      tablature at: m1p1 m7p3 m9p1 m15p1.
    DO STRUM the 1st string in the following chords.  Write "0" in the 
      tablature at: m13p1.
    If using a modern guitar, ADD the octave above the 5th string note at 
      these places: m15p2.

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.
    None.

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).

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 5 11 17.  Last measure is 18.


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                                    Gigue.                                  AC48: Page 1 of 1.
  Baroque guitar (A D G B E).  Leading measures: 1 12.                         Anthoine Carre.

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____|_"1___1_"0|_______|_"0______|_3___3_1|_5___0|_"1___3__|__________|______||__8|_"7___7_5|___
___1|__1_______|_,1___3|______3_1|_1______|_5____|__3_____1|_"1___3_"0|_1____||__5|_________|___
____|__2______0|_______|_________|________|_5____|__2______|__0______0|_____*||*_5|__0______|___
___2|__3_______|_______|__2______|_2_____0|______|________2|__0_______|_2___*||*_5|________0|___
___3|__________|__0____|_________|________|______|________3|__________|_3____||__7|_________|___
____|__________|_______|_________|________|______|_________|__________|______||___|_________|___

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_"3___5_1|______|______0__|______5|_"3___3_5|_"1___0___|______||________________________________
__5______|_1___3|_"3_____1|_"0____|__5______|________"3|_1____||________________________________
_________|______|__0______|__0____|_________|__0_______|_____*||________________________________
________0|_2____|_________|__0___3|________3|__________|_2___*||________________________________
_________|_3____|_________|____0__|_________|__________|_3____||________________________________
_________|______|_________|_______|_________|__________|______||________________________________