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Short ID: FC11.
Title: Rondeau.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
Page 10.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 26.
Tuning: Bb D G C F (tuning 1).
Time sig: 3.
Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string):
M10r1-2 original shown as 4er (4er). Changed to 8ths here.
M32r1-3 original shown as half (half half). Changed to 4ers here.
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.
M2 r2-3s2, r4s2.
M4 r2-3s1, r4s1.
M6 r2s2, r4s1.
M7 r2-4s2.
M10 r1-2s2.
M12 r2s1, r4-5s2.
M17 r1s1.
M20 r2s2, r4-5s3.
M24 r2s1, r4-5s2.
M31 r3-4s2.
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.
It's worth re-drawing the ^ arrowhead right at the top of the associated
stem.
Explanation of symbols:
" = trill (starting on upper neighbor).
, = mordent (main note to lower neighbor and back to the main note).
. = do not strum this string in the chord.
$ = serves as a segno and "Dal segno" in this rondo. Repeat the first
section after each of the others (making the "DC al fine" redundant.)
The $ in m9 would make more sense moved to the beginning of m1.
Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar,
consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see:
m34r3.
Performance style: consider playing the piece inegales, that is, with dotted
8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel).
Suggested simplification (if need be):
______________
|____________|
|_"4______"4_|
|__2_ to ____|
|__________7_|
|____________|
|____________|
Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 7 13 19 26 33. Last measure is 36.
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Bb D G C F (tuning 1). Leading measures: 1 11 20 31. Francois Campion.
^ ___ ___ ^ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ ^ ___
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____|_2________|______|_2_5_4_2_0|_____0|________0_2|_________0|_2_"1___2|_2______||________|_0_
___2|_2_2_3_0_2|_____2|_3________|_3_0__|_"2_2_3____|_3_0_2_3__|_2__2____|_2______||__f__2_4|_0_
____|__________|_3_0__|_3________|_2____|____4______|__________|____2____|_______*||*_i__0__|_2_
____|___4______|_5___3|_1________|_____3|___________|__________|_________|_______*||*_n_____|___
____|__________|______|___0______|______|__0________|_2________|_0_______|________||________|___
____|__________|______|__________|______|___________|__________|_________|_____$__||________|___
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ ___ __
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________________________________________________________________________________________________
_0_,2|_4_2_0____|_____________|_4_2_4_0_2_4|_2_4_2_0_2__|_0___2_,4|_2_0_______|________||___|___
_____|_______4_2|_"1__________|____________|___________4|_________|_____"4___2|_2______||__2|___
____0|___0______|__2_0_2_3_2_0|____________|____________|_________|_0____2____|_2_____*||*__|___
_____|_3________|_____________|_3__________|_2__________|_0______3|___________|_0_____*||*__|___
_____|__________|_____________|____________|____________|_________|___________|________||__0|___
_____|__________|_____________|____________|____________|_________|___________|_____$__||___|___
___ ___ ^ ___ ___ __ ^
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________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________|______|_2_4_5|_"1____|_2_2_0____|_____0|_,2_______|________||___|______|______2|_3__
_,3_2_0____|_____2|______|__2___2|_2_____3_2|_3_0__|__0_"0____|________||__2|_3_0_2|_______|____
____2___3_2|_3_0__|_____5|__2____|_4_0______|_____3|_____2___3|_3_____*||*__|___1__|_"4____|____
________0__|_5___3|_1_0__|_______|__________|_____0|__1__3____|_3_____*||*__|_____3|__5___1|____
__2________|______|______|__.___2|__________|_2____|__________|_0______||__1|_2____|_______|_2__
___________|______|______|_______|__________|______|__________|_____$__||___|______|_______|____
___
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________________________________________________________________________________________________
_"0____|_____2|_2_2_4|_5____|___"1_2|_4______||_D_f_|___________________________________________
____3_2|_3_0__|_3_2_0|_____2|_2__0__|_2______||_C_i_|___________________________________________
_______|______|_____2|_0____|____2_0|_______*||___n_|___________________________________________
__0____|______|______|______|_______|_4_____*||_a_e_|___________________________________________
____1__|_2____|_2_0__|_0___0|_0____0|________||_l___|___________________________________________
_______|______|______|______|_______|_____$__||_____|___________________________________________