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: FC67.
Title: Allemande.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
Page 34.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 61.
Tuning: B D G C# F# (tuning 5).
Time sig: C with slash ("cut time" symbol).
Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string):
M4s1 original showed extra fret f (=5) after fret f at r6. One fret f
deleted here.
M19r5 original showed 4er (dot missing). Changed to dotted-4er here.
M23r3 original showed 4er. Changed to 8th here.
M24r5 original showed 4er (dot missing). Changed to dotted-4er here.
M26r1 original showed half (dot missing). Changed to dotted-half 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.
M23 r5-6s2.
M24 r2-4s1.
Take a moment to fill out the 16th-note beams.
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.
z = rest. Fill in to make a solid block.
Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar,
consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see:
m7r1 and m8r3.
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 4 7 11 15 18 21 24. Last measure is 26.
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B D G C# F# (tuning 5). Leading measures: 1 7 13 19 25. Francois Campion.
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