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:  FC59.
Title:     Sarabande.
Composer:  Francois Campion.
Source:    Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
           Page 30.
Date:      1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 57.

Tuning:    Bb C G C Eb (tuning 3).
Time sig:  3.

Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): 
  M6r1 original showed 4er (dot missing). Changed to dotted-4er here.
  M19r1 original showed 4er (dot missing). Changed to dotted-4er 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.
    M7 r1-2s1.
  Take a moment to fill out the 16th-note beam.

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 (none in this piece).
  . = do not strum this string in the chord. 

Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar, 
  consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see:
  m10r2 and m13r3.

Performance style: consider playing the 8th notes inegales, that is, as dotted 
  8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel). In a piece like this, though, that 
  raises the question, what are you supposed to do when you do come to a dot?

Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
  1 5 11 16. Last measure is 20.


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                                  Sarabande.                                FC59: Page 1 of 1.
  Bb C G C Eb (tuning 3).  Leading measures: 1 9 17.                         Francois Campion.

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___4_"0____|_._______|_4_"4___5|_7_0_5__4|_"2_____2__|_#7___0_5|_5_4_"2____|________||__4_______
___3______2|_________|_3_______|_________|___________|_________|______2___3|_3______||__3_______
___________|_1_"0____|_3_______|_0_1_____|__3___5_3_1|__0______|___________|_3_____*||*_3_______
___________|________5|_3_______|_____5___|___________|________5|_3_________|_3_____*||*_3_______
___2_______|_2_______|_________|_________|___________|_________|______0____|________||__________
___________|_________|_________|_________|___________|_________|___________|________||__________

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_______|__2________|_5_______|___________|___________|___________|_2_______2|__________|_0______
_______|________1_0|_5_______|___________|__________0|__7_____0_2|_4________|_____3_1_0|_1______
_______|___________|_5_______|__0___0___0|__2___0____|___________|__________|_0________|________
_______|__0___0____|_7_______|________0__|________0__|___________|__________|__________|________
_______|___________|_________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|________

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____|_4_____0|_2___4_0|___________||____________________________________________________________
_2_0|_____2__|_2______|_"2___0_0__||____________________________________________________________
____|_0___0_2|________|__0_______*||____________________________________________________________
____|________|_______0|__________*||____________________________________________________________
____|________|_1______|__1_____2__||____________________________________________________________
____|________|________|___________||____________________________________________________________