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:  GS24c.
Title:     Matachin
Composer:  Gaspar Sanz
Source:    Instruccion; Tomo 2, page 4.
Date:      1697.
Facsimile: Minkoff, 1976.

Tuning:    Baroque guitar (ADGBE).
Time sig:  3.

Fixes, modifications, comments (M=Measure; p=Place in measure; s=String): 
  M13p3.  Fret number in original tablature is obliterated; remnants are 
  consistent with a "2" on string 2.

Tablature elements to be added by hand:
  None.

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 measure in Sanz's original tablature:
  1.  Last measure is 24.  (All on one line.) 

Thanks to Roberto Neri for his eagle-eyed proofreading help.


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                                  Matachin                                 GS24c: Page 1 of 1.
  Baroque guitar (ADGBE).  Leading measures: 1 11 21.                              Gaspar Sanz

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_2|_0______|________|_2_____||__________________________________________________________________
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__|_0______|_2______|_______||__________________________________________________________________
__|_____4_2|________|_0_____||__________________________________________________________________
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