This easy-to-read modern tablature should be completely faithful to Anthoine Carre's original tablature. Let me know of any errors you find. Donald Sauter.
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Short ID: AC11.
Title: Courante.
Composer: Anthoine Carre.
Source: Livre de pieces de guitarre et de musique.
Page 11.
Date: ca. 1690?
Tuning: Baroque guitar (A D G B E).
Time sig: 3/2.
Fixes, modifications and comments (M=Measure; p=Place in measure; s=String):
M18 p1s1 original showed a trill. Changed to a mordent here.
M19 p3s1 original chute ornament left in here, even though it seems wrong.
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.
M2 p4-5s1.
M3 p4-5s1.
M6 s1 p2-3 p3-4 p5-6.
M7 p4s1.
M8 p4-5s2.
M9 s1 p2-3 p3-4.
M13 p2-3s2.
M16 p2-4s1.
M18 p2s1.
Strums: Arrowheads ^ and v indicate strums. Open strings in strummed chords
were not shown in the tablature; add as many open strings as sound good.
Take a moment to re-draw the ^ arrowhead right at the top of the associated
stem.
Explanation of symbols:
" = trill (starting on upper neighbor).
` = upper grace note.
, = mordent (main note to lower neighbor and back to the main note).
. = do not strum this string in the chord.
( = "chute." A note in a chord is reached by a slur from its lower
neighbor. It is not crushed like a mordent. For example:
^ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
| | | | | | | | | | |
_____v_______ __^___v_______
|_(3________| |_2_3________|
|__3________| |_3__________|
|______3_2_0| = |_______3_2_0|
|___________| |____________|
|__1________| |_1__________|
|___________| |____________|
Octave doublings: If you are playing on a modern, single-string guitar,
consider adding or substituting the next octave up almost everywhere
you see a 4th- or 5th-string note.
Performance style: consider playing the 8th notes inegales, that is, as dotted
8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel).
Leading measures in Carre's original tablature:
1 5 9 13 17. Last measure is 20.
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Baroque guitar (A D G B E). Leading measures: 1 6 12 17. Anthoine Carre.
___ ^ ___ __ ^ ^ ___ __ ^ ^ __ __ ^ __ ___ ^ __ __ ___
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_____v______________________v___________________________________________________________________
_____1|_______6_5_"3___3|_5___1_3_1_"0___1|_1__1______________|___1_____0_1_"1___1|_3___1_3_0___
_____1|____________5____|_6___1___________|_1__1________"1___1|_3_3___3______3____|_____________
_____2|_______3_________|_5___2___________|_2_"2___2_,3_______|_3_3__________2____|_____________
_____3|_________________|_3___3___________|_3__3______0_______|___3_______________|_2___________
______|____________3____|_3___3______3____|_3____________0____|___1_______________|_____________
______|_________________|_________________|___________________|___________________|_____________
___ __ ^ ___ __ ___ __ __ ___ __ ^ ___ ^ __
| | |. | | | | | | |. | | | | | | |. | |. | | | | |. | | | | | | | | |. |
_________________v_____________________________________________________________________v________
_3_5_"1___0|_______1_0_______|__________________|_____1_0_1_________|____________||____3|_____1_
______0____|_1_________"3____|_3______5_3_"1___0|___________3_"3___1|_1__________||____1|_______
___________|________________5|___"4_____________|_2____________0____|___________*||*____|_______
______0____|_2__________4____|_5___________2____|_3_________________|_2_________*||*___2|_______
___________|_3_______________|__________________|___________________|_3__________||____3|_______
___________|_________________|__________________|___________________|____________||_____|_______
^ __ ^ ___ __ ^ __ __ ^ __ __ ^ __ ___ __ ^ ^
| | |. | | | | | | |. | | |. | | |. | | |. | | |. | |. | | | | |. | | | | |
__________v___________________________________________________________________________v_________
_0_1_"3___5|_________1_"0____|___1___3________|___3___5_0_1___3|_5___3_1_0___6___5|_3_____3_____
______5___6|___5_3_2_3__2___3|_3_3_____0_1___3|_5_5____________|_6_________3_3____|_5_____5_____
______5___5|_______0_________|___2_____0_2___4|_5_5____________|_5___________0____|_5_____5_____
___0__3___3|_________0_______|_0______________|___5_______0___2|_3________________|_5_____5_____
_3____3___3|_______0____0____|________________|___3_____3______|_3_________1______|_3_____3_____
___________|_________________|________________|________________|__________________|_____________
^ __ ^ __ ___ ^ __ ^ __ ^ __ __ ^
|. | |. | | | | |. | |. | |. | |. | | | | | |
_______________________________________________v________________________________________________
_5___6|_,8___6_5_3___3___5|_,6___0_(1___3_"3___1|____________||_________________________________
_6____|__5_________6_5____|__3______1______5___1|____________||_________________________________
_5____|__5___________5____|__3______2______5___2|___________*||_________________________________
_3____|__5_________3_5____|__3______3__________3|___________*||_________________________________
_3____|__.___________3____|__.__________________|____________||_________________________________
______|___________________|_____________________|____________||_________________________________