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: GS25a.
Title: Espan^oletas.
Composer: Gaspar Sanz.
Source: Instruccion; tomo 2; page 5.
Date: 1697.
Facsimile: Minkoff, 1976.
Tuning: Baroque guitar (A D G B E).
Time sig: 3.
Fixes, modifications and comments (M=Measure; p=Place in measure; s=String):
M9 original showed no rhythm symbols. Assumed to be 4er 4er here.
M12p1 trill symbol "T" in original was equidistant from 2nd and 3rd string
fret numbers. Trill applied to 2nd string here.
When Sanz indicates vibrato on a chord, he shows only one vibrato symbol "#"
below, beside or within the chord. I assume the vibrato applies to all
fingered notes and provide a separate "#" for each fingered note of the
chord here.
It seems (to me) that this piece comprises 3 separate 25-measure
Espanoletas. There is a full double bar after measure 25 and another one
after measure 50 which is more ornate, decorated with cross-hatching.
The double bars separating 8-measure phrases within each 25-measure
Espanoleta are short in Sanz's original tablature. They cover only the
middle 3 strings of Sanz's 5-string tablature staff. Notice that at these
spots the beats do not add up.
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 26 44 61. Last measure is 75.
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Espan^oletas. GS25a: Page 1 of 2.
Baroque guitar (A D G B E). Leading measures: 1 12 24 32 41 50. Gaspar Sanz.
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