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Short ID:  AM48.
Title:     Fantasia (octavo tono).
Composer:  Alonso Mudarra.
Source:    Tres Libros de Musica en Cifras para Vihuela...  
           Libro II, folio XXV verso.
Date:      1546.
Facsimile: Chanterelle, p124.

Tuning:    Vihuela tuning.
Time sig:  Quickly. ("Phi" on Mudarra's 2nd 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): M81r1s4.
  Fermata on very last chord.  

Suggested simplification (if need be): 
  ____________
  |__________|
  |_4______4_|
  |_5_ to ___|
  |_4______4_|
  |_2______2_|
  |__________|

Leading measures in Mudarra's original tablature:
  1 9 21 31 41 53 65 77. Last measure is 85.


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                            Fantasia (octavo tono).                         AM48: Page 1 of 2.
  Vihuela tuning.  Leading measures: 1 13 27 38 51 67.                         Alonso Mudarra.

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  Mudarra.  Fantasia.  Leading measures: 81.                                AM48: Page 2 of 2.

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