This easy-to-read modern tablature should be completely faithful to Francois Campion's original tablature. Let me know of any errors you find. Donald Sauter.
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Short ID: FC20.
Title: Menuet Rondeau.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
Page 12.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 33.
Tuning: Bb D G C F (tuning 1).
Time sig: 3.
Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string):
M1r1 original showed half. Changed to 4er here.
M4r4 original showed no rhythm symbol, implying 8th. Changed to 4er here.
M5r1 original showed half. Changed to 4er here.
M7r2 original showed 4er (dot missing). Changed to dotted-4er here.
M19r2 original showed 4er (dot missing). Changed to dotted-4er here.
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.
M1 r2s1.
M4 r2s2.
M5 r2s1.
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).
, = mordent. There are none in this piece.
$ = serves as a segno and "Dal segno" in this rondo. Repeat the first
section after each of the others (making the "DC al fine" redundant, I
think.)
Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar,
consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see:
m20r3.
Performance style: consider playing the 8th notes inegales, that is, as dotted
8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel).
Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 9 17. Last measure is 24.
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Bb D G C F (tuning 1). Leading measures: 1 11 21. Francois Campion.
^ ___ ___ ^ ___ __ ^ ^
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_____2_2_0__|_0____|______|_________|_2_2_0__|_0____|_________|________||_____2_0__|_5_0_2|_____
_____3_____3|_____3|_0_2_3|_"2_0_2__|_3_____3|_____3|_3_"3___2|_3______||__f__3___3|______|_3_0_
_____3______|___3__|_1____|________3|_3______|___3__|_1_______|_3_____*||*_i__3____|______|___2_
_____1______|_0____|_____3|_________|_1______|_0____|_________|_1_____*||*_n__1____|_0____|_____
____________|_____2|______|__0______|________|_____2|____0____|________||__________|_____3|_2___
___$________|______|______|_________|________|______|_________|________||__________|______|_____
___ ___ ^ ___ ___ ___ ___ ^ __ ^
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_0|________0__|_2________|__________|_3_3_2|_"0________||__2___2|_______|_________|______|_0_2__
__|_"2_2_3___2|_3________|_0_0_2_3_0|______|__2________||__3_3__|____0_2|_3_"2___0|______|______
__|___________|_3_____0__|_1________|______|__________*||*_3____|_"4_2_2|____0____|______|_2____
_3|___________|_1_1_3___1|__________|_3_0_1|__________*||*_1____|__5____|_________|_1____|______
__|__0________|__________|__________|______|__0________||_______|_______|_2_______|_2_3_0|______
__|___________|__________|__________|______|________$__||_______|_______|_________|______|______
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________________________________________________________________________________________________
__|______|___0_2|_"0________||_D_f_|____________________________________________________________
_3|_2____|_3___3|__2________||_C_i_|____________________________________________________________
__|_____1|_0____|__________*||___n_|____________________________________________________________
__|______|___3_1|__________*||_a_e_|____________________________________________________________
__|_0_2__|______|__0________||_l___|____________________________________________________________
__|______|______|________$__||_____|____________________________________________________________