This easy-to-read modern tablature should be completely faithful to Francisco Guerau's original tablature. Let me know of any errors you find. Donald Sauter.

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Short ID:  FG12.
Title:     Passacalles de 5o. tono. Proporcion. 12 diferencias.
Composer:  Francisco Guerau.
Source:    Poema Harmonico.
           Folio 15.
Date:      1694.
Facsimile: Tecla, p37.

Tuning:    Baroque guitar (A D G B E).
Time sig:  3.

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

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.
    M13 r2s1-r8s3, r9-11s1.
    M14 r1s1-r8s3, r9-11s2.
    M15 r2s2-r8s4, r9s3-r11s2.
    M16 r2s1-r8s3, r9-11s2.
    M17 r2s2-r11s5.
    M34 r1-2s1.
  Arrowheads ^ indicate strums. See m13. It's worth re-drawing the ^ arrowhead 
  right at the top of the associated stem.

  Take a moment to fill out the 16th-note beams.

Explanation of symbols: 
  " = trill, generally starting on upper neighbor. On 8th and dotted 8th 
      notes, consider a shorter, 3-note figure - main note to upper neighbor 
      and back to the main note. 
  , = mordent, main note to lower neighbor and back to the main note.
  
Leading measures in Guerau's original tablature:
  1 13 20 31 42. Last measure is 48.


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             Passacalles de 5o. tono. Proporcion. 12 diferencias.           FG12: Page 1 of 2.
  Baroque guitar (A D G B E).  Leading measures: 1 10 15 20 27 35.           Francisco Guerau.

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  Guerau.  Passacalles de 5o. tono.  Leading measures: 42 46.               FG12: Page 2 of 2.

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