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: GS23b.
Title: Las Hachas.
Composer: Gaspar Sanz.
Source: Instruccion; tomo 2; page 3.
Date: 1697.
Facsimile: Minkoff, 1976.
Tuning: Baroque guitar (A D G B E).
Fixes, modifications and comments (M=Measure; p=Place in measure; s=String):
No time signature was given in the original.
M5 original rhythm was dotted-4er 8th half (half). Changed here to
dotted-4er 8th 4er (4er).
Explanation of symbols:
" = trill, generally starting on upper neighbor.
# = vibrato.
, = mordent, main note to lower neighbor and back to the main note.
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 6. Last measure is 16.
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Las Hachas. GS23b: Page 1 of 1.
Baroque guitar (A D G B E). Leading measures: 1 9 16. Gaspar Sanz.
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