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Short ID:  AM15.
Title:     Pavana.
Composer:  Alonso Mudarra.
Source:    Tres Libros de Musica en Cifras para Vihuela...  
           Libro I, folio XVIII.
Date:      1546.
Facsimile: Chanterelle, p59.

Tuning:    Vihuela tuning.
Time sig:  Moderato. ("C" on Mudarra's 1st line. See general Mudarra comments.)  

Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string):
  All rhythm values have been halved.

Tablature elements to be added by hand:
  Fermata on chord in m32.
  Fermata on very last chord.  

Leading measures in Mudarra's original tablature:
  1 8 19 29 41 49 62 72. Last measure is 79.


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                                    Pavana.                                 AM15: Page 1 of 2.
  Vihuela tuning.  Leading measures: 1 15 27 40 47 61.                         Alonso Mudarra.

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  Mudarra.  Pavana.  Leading measures: 71.                                  AM15: Page 2 of 2.

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