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:  AC49.
Title:     Gavote.
Composer:  Anthoine Carre.
Source:    Livre de pieces de guitarre et de musique.
           Page 49. 
Date:      ca. 1690?

Tuning:    Baroque guitar (A D G B E).
Time sig:  Cut (slashed "C".)

Fixes, modifications and comments (M=Measure; p=Place in measure; s=String): 
  M2p4s2 original fret letter looked more like "e" than "d", which 
  would sharp the note to D#.  Interpreted as "d" (fret 3 = D) here, since 
  it's a common G chord.  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: m14p1.
    DO STRUM the 1st string in the following chords.  Write "0" in the 
      tablature at: m1p1 m8p1.

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.
    M9 p5s1-m10p1s1.  (Very ragged looking slur.  Is that what it is?)
    M13 p2-3s1.

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).
  . = 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 3 8 12.  Last measure is 14.


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                                    Gavote.                                 AC49: Page 1 of 1.
  Baroque guitar (A D G B E).  Leading measures: 1 9.                          Anthoine Carre.

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______|_3_5_1_3_1|_"0_________0_1|_3_5_"2___3|_3____||__3___3|_5_5_"3___1|_______0_1_3_0|_5___7_
___1_1|_1___3_3__|______3_1_3____|_0____3____|_3____||__1____|______0____|_1_1_3________|_______
______|_____2____|_______________|___5__2____|_____*||*______|______0____|_2____________|_______
___2__|_2_3______|_______________|_2_________|_____*||*_2____|_3_________|_2_________2__|_3_____
___3_0|_______2__|__3_________3__|___________|_2____||__3____|___________|___0__________|_______
______|__________|_______________|___________|______||_______|___________|______________|_______

 ^ ___  ___     __       __          __   ^    ___     __  ^                                    
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_8_3_5|_3_1_"0___0_5|_____0____|__________.|_0_1_0_______|______||______________________________
_5_0__|_____________|_3_____1_0|_"0_____3__|_______"3___1|_1____||______________________________
_5_0__|_____________|_0_______0|___________|________0____|_____*||______________________________
_5_0__|____________3|_________0|__2________|___3_________|_2___*||______________________________
_7____|______3______|_2_____0__|______0___2|_3___________|_3____||______________________________
______|_____________|__________|___________|_____________|______||______________________________