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Short ID: FC15.
Title: Les Soupirs a 3 tems.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
3rd manuscript page inserted after page 10.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 29.
Tuning: Bb D G C F (tuning 1).
Time sig: 3.
Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): none.
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.
M9 r1s1.
M10 r2-3s1.
M11 r2-3s1.
M12r1s1.
M32 r3-4s3.
M41 r2-3s2.
M43 r1-2s3.
M44 r2s2.
M46 r1s2.
M50 r1s1.
M51 r1s3.
M52 r1s2.
M53 r1s4.
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.
It's worth re-drawing the ^ arrowhead right at the top of the associated
stem.
Explanation of symbols:
" = trill (starting on upper neighbor).
, = mordent (main note to lower neighbor and back to the main note).
. = do not strum this string in the chord.
$ = petite reprise symbols. Repeat the material between the signs.
Repeat path:
M55 first time, repeat back to m17.
M55 second time, repeat after 2 beats back to m49r3 (petite reprise).
Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar,
consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see:
m2r3, m22r2 and m27r1,r3.
Suggested simplifications (if need be):
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______________ ____________
|____________| m33: |__________| will help keep the notes flying.
|_"4______"4_| |__________|
|__2_ to ____| |_,3_3_2_0_|
|__________7_| |__________|
|____________| |__________|
|____________| |__________|
Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 8 14 20 25 30 35 40 46 50. Last measure is 56.
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Bb D G C F (tuning 1). Leger. Leading measures: 1 14 26 39 52. Francois Campion.
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