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: AC8.
Title: Air de Sarabande.
Composer: Anthoine Carre.
Source: Livre de pieces de guitarre et de musique.
Page 8.
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):
Richard Pinnell, in his dissertation on Corbetta, says this Air de
Sarabande is identical to Corbetta's on page 61 of his 1671 book. However,
Corbetta's sarabande is in the key of G and shows no similarity.
Furthermore, I don't see any sarabande in the key of F in Corbetta's 1671
book which is similar to this one.
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.
M1 p5s1.
M7 p1s1.
M15 p1-2s1.
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 4 11. Last measure is 16.
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Baroque guitar (A D G B E). Leading measures: 1 10. Anthoine Carre.
___ ___ ___ __ ^ ___ ^ __ ^ ^ ___ __ ^
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___^____________________________________________________________________________________________
___1_0_1_3_1_0|________0|_1_3_5|_"3____3_5|_"0___0_1|_._3__|_1_0_______|________||__3_"3_0|_5___
___1__________|_"3___3__|_3_3__|__5__6___6|__1_____3|_3____|_____"3___1|_1______||_____5__|_____
___2__________|__3_____0|_2_3__|_________5|________2|______|______0____|_______*||*____5_5|_____
___3_______3__|_________|_____3|_________3|_________|___2__|_3_________|_2_____*||*_______|_____
______________|_________|______|__3______3|__0______|_2____|___________|_3______||________|_0___
______________|_________|______|__________|_________|______|___________|________||________|_____
___ ___ ^ ^ ___ __ ^
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________________________________________________________________________________________________
__|_3___3_5_6|_"5___3|_3_3_5|_1_6__|_5_3_"3___1|_1______||______________________________________
_3|_4_6_____3|__7____|_5___6|_3_3__|______5____|_1______||______________________________________
__|__________|__7___0|_5____|_3_0__|______5____|_2_____*||______________________________________
__|_________0|_______|_5____|_3____|_3_________|_3_____*||______________________________________
_1|__________|_______|_3___0|_1____|___________|________||______________________________________
__|__________|_______|______|______|___________|________||______________________________________