This easy-to-read modern tablature should be completely faithful to Alonso Mudarra's original tablature. Let me know of any errors you find. Donald Sauter.
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Short ID: AM38.
Title: Fantasia (quinto tono).
Composer: Alonso Mudarra.
Source: Tres Libros de Musica en Cifras para Vihuela...
Libro II, folio XIIII (mislabeled X).
Date: 1546.
Facsimile: Chanterelle, p101.
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:
Let ring as long as possible (see general Mudarra comments): M32r2s3, m52r3.
Fermata on very last chord.
Suggested simplifications (if need be):
____________ ___________
|__________| |_0______0_|
|_4______4_| |_2________|
|_5_ to ___| |_2_ to _2_| (Use 2 as guide finger on string 3 in m51.)
|_4______4_| |__________|
|_2______2_| |_4______4_|
|__________| |__________|
Suggested fingering for m33-34:
2
-4 -3
4 3 1 1 4
___ ___ ___
| | | | | | |
_________________
|_______2|_4_6_7|
|_2_4_5__|______|
|_____4__|_5____|
|________|______|
|_4______|_2____|
|________|______|
Leading measures in Mudarra's original tablature:
1 12 25 37 48 58. Last measure is 63.
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Vihuela tuning. Leading measures: 1 16 32 45 57. Alonso Mudarra.
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