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: AC6.
Title: Sarabande.
Composer: Anthoine Carre.
Source: Livre de pieces de guitarre et de musique.
Page 6.
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.
M3 p2-3s1, p4-5s1.
M5 p1-2s1.
M9 p3-4s2.
M13 p1-2s1.
M14 p1-2s2, p4-5s1.
M15 p2-3s2.
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).
` = upper grace note.
, = mordent (none in this piece).
. = do not strum this string in the chord.
( = "chute." A note in a chord is reached by a slur from its lower
neighbor. It is not crushed like a mordent. For example:
^ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
| | | | | | | | | | |
_____v_______ __^___v_______
|_(3________| |_2_3________|
|__3________| |_3__________|
|______3_2_0| = |_______3_2_0|
|___________| |____________|
|__1________| |_1__________|
|___________| |____________|
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. Last measure is 16.
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^ ^ __ ^ ^ ___ ___ __ ___ ^ __ ^ __ ^ ^ __ ^ ___
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_____v_____________________^_________________________________________v__________________________
___2___(2|_"0_____5|_5_7_5_3_2|_"0_____0__|_5__7_"4__5|_5______||__5____|_____0___|___2____|____
___3_____|__2___3_2|_7________|__2___3____|_5_____5___|________||__2___2|_3_____"2|_2___2_3|____
___2_____|________2|_7________|___________|_6_____4___|_______*||*_2___2|_1______2|________|____
_________|________2|__________|___________|_._____.___|_______*||*_2___2|________2|________|____
_________|__0______|_______.__|__0_______0|_._____.___|_0______||_______|_2_______|________|____
_________|_________|__________|___________|___________|________||_______|_________|________|____
__ ^ __ __ ^ ___ ___ ^ ___ __ ^
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________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________|_"2___3_5|_"0___2_3|_3_2_0_5|_______2_3|_"0______|_.______||__________________________
_"2_____0|__3_____3|__2_____5|_______5|_2_3_2____|______3_2|_3______||__________________________
__2___3__|__2______|________4|________|_____2____|_________|_2_____*||__________________________
_________|________4|________2|________|_____2____|_________|_______*||__________________________
__0______|_________|__0_____2|_______4|__________|__0______|________||__________________________
_________|_________|_________|________|__________|_________|________||__________________________