This easy-to-read modern tablature should be completely faithful to Gaspar Sanz's original tablature. Let me know of any errors you find. Donald Sauter.
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Short ID: GS210a.
Title: Pavanas por la D, con Partidas al Aire Espan^ol.
Composer: Gaspar Sanz.
Source: Instruccion; tomo 2; page 10.
Date: 1697.
Facsimile: Minkoff, 1976.
Tuning: Baroque guitar (A D G B E).
Time sig: Cut time (C with slash).
Fixes, modifications and comments (M=Measure; p=Place in measure; s=String):
In the original, Sanz supplies a few fingerings, using 1, 2, 3 or 4 dots
to indicate the left hand finger. You're on your own here.
This is the first of 3 pieces on this page. The text at the top of the
page reads, "Pavanas por la D, con Partidas al Aire Espan^ol, Una Jiga
Inglesa y Bailete Frances."
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.
M27 p4s1.
M28 p2s1.
M28 p6-8s1.
Octave doublings: If you play this on a modern guitar, consider adding or
substituting the octave above any note played on the 4th or 5th string.
Leading measures in Sanz's original tablature:
1 12 24 34 42. Last measure is 50.
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Pavanas por la D, con Partidas al Aire Espan^ol. GS210a: Page 1 of 2.
Baroque guitar (A D G B E). Leading measures: 1 8 14 24 31 37. Gaspar Sanz.
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Sanz. Pavanas. Leading measures: 43 49. GS210a: Page 2 of 2.
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