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:  FC50.
Title:     Allemande.
Composer:  Francois Campion.
Source:    Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
           Page 25.
Date:      1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 52.

Tuning:    B D G C F# (tuning 2).
Time sig:  C with slash ("cut time" symbol).

Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): none.

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. 
  z = rest. Fill in to make a solid block.

Trill clarification: M7r5s2 upper neighbor shown to be fret c (=2).

Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar, 
  consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see: 
  m2r5, m5r7, m6r3 and m13r1.

Performance style: consider playing the 8th notes inegales, that is, as dotted 
  8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel).

Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
  1 5 8 13 16 19 22. Last measure is 24.


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                                  Allemande.                                FC50: Page 1 of 1.
  B D G C F# (tuning 2).  Leading measures: 1 7 13 19.                       Francois Campion.

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____v___________________________________________________________________________________________
____1|_____1________|________________0|_1_1_3_1_"0_______|_,1______0_____0_1|_3_______0_0_,1_3|_
____2|_______2_4___0|____________2_4__|__________________|___________4_4____|_________2_2__2_0|_
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_____|______________|_________________|__________________|__________________|_________________|_

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_0____2__|_5___4_3_______|_______________|_8______________|_7_______5______|_4____________|_____
_________|_______________|_______________|________________|________________|_______1______|__2__
________0|_______________|__0_________5__|_________5______|________________|______________|_____
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_________________________________________________________________________v______________________
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