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Short ID:  AM44.
Title:     Fantasia (septimo tono).
Composer:  Alonso Mudarra.
Source:    Tres Libros de Musica en Cifras para Vihuela...  
           Libro II, folio XX verso.
Date:      1546.
Facsimile: Chanterelle, p114.

Tuning:    Vihuela tuning.
Time sig:  Quickly. ("Phi" on Mudarra's 3rd 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): M22r2.
  Fermata on very last chord.  

Suggested simplifications (if need be): 
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  |_5______5_|_5______5_|_7______7_|
  |_1________|__________|__________|
  |___ to _6_|___ to ___|___ to ___|
  |__________|_2________|_5________|
  |_3______3_|________7_|_5______5_|
  |__________|_5______5_|_3______3_|

Leading measures in Mudarra's original tablature:
  1 5 8 30 40 57 62 74. Last measure is 86.


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                           Fantasia (septimo tono).                         AM44: Page 1 of 2.
  Vihuela tuning.  Leading measures: 1 14 29 40 52 62.                         Alonso Mudarra.

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  Mudarra.  Fantasia.  Leading measures: 74.                                AM44: Page 2 of 2.

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