This easy-to-read modern tablature should be completely faithful to Francois Campion's original tablature. Let me know of any errors you find. Donald Sauter.
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Short ID: FC46.
Title: Gigue.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
Page 22.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 49.
Tuning: Bb D G C F (tuning 1).
Time sig: 6/4.
Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string):
M10r2 original showed 4er. Changed to 8th here.
M24r4 original showed 4er (missing dot). Changed to dotted-4er here.
Tablature elements to be added by hand:
No slurs in this piece.
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.
Take a moment to re-draw 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.
Suggested simplification (if need be):
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|_"4______"4_|
|__2_ to ____|
|__________7_|
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Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 6 10 15 19 23. Last measure is 26.
Transcription for modern guitar in standard tuning: Gitarren Musik des 16.-18.
Jahrhunderts - I, Adalbert Quadt, page 50.
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Bb D G C F (tuning 1). Leading measures: 1 7 14 20 25. Francois Campion.
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