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: AC51.
Title: Chacone.
Composer: Anthoine Carre.
Source: Livre de pieces de guitarre et de musique.
Page 51.
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):
M11 original rhythm was 8th (8th 8th) 4er. Changed here to 8th 8th 4er 4er.
M32p1 I'm not sure what strings Carre meant to be strummed here. In any
case, it seems you will clash with Guitar 2.
M46p3 original had "c" (fret 2) on string 4. Changed here to string 5.
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. Thus, discrepancies may be of interest.
M7 beat1: Melody notes A G are an octave higher in the Treble part than
in the Guitar 1 part (almost as if the 3rd course is supposed to have
a high G string for this measure.)
M44p1 Treble note is C. Guitar 1 note is D (which agrees with Guitar 2.)
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: m4p3 m8p3 m12p3 m16p3 m17p1 m20p4 m24p3 m25p1,p5 m32p3
m36p3 m37p1 m43p3 m44p3 m48p3 m49p5 m52p3.
DO STRUM the 1st string in the following chords. Write "0" in the
tablature at: m6p4 m22p3 m30p1 m45p1 m47p3.
If using a modern guitar, ADD the octave above the 5th string note at
these places: m11p3 m19p1 m31p3 m35p4 m43p1.
Note that the melody note is found WITHIN the chord at: m2p4s3 m50p5s3.
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 p1-2s1, p3-4s1.
M7 p1s3.
M9 p2-3s2.
M13 p2-3s1.
M14 p3-4s1.
M15 p3s1.
M18 p2s2.
M19 p2-3s2. (Slur line doesn't actually connect from p2; it begins on
the ornament which follows it. Very strange.)
M20 p2-3s2.
M23 p2s1 p4-5s2.
M25 p1-2s2 p3-4s2.
M29 p2s1.
M30 p2s2.
M35 p5-6s2.
M39 p1-2s1 p2s1 p5s1.
Take a moment to fill out the 16th-note beams.
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 6 12 18 24 30 35 41 48. Last measure is 52.
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Baroque guitar (A D G B E). Leading measures: 1 10 18 27 34 43. Anthoine Carre.
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Carre. Chacone. Leading measures: 51. AC51: Page 2 of 2.
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