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:  FC24.
Title:     Prelude a 4 tems.
Composer:  Francois Campion.
Source:    Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
           Page 14.
Date:      1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 36.

Tuning:    Bb D G C F (tuning 1).
Time sig:  C with slash ("cut time" symbol).

Fixes and modifications and comments (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): 
  M8r1s1 trill symbol "x" shown smaller than the others and does not come with 
  the upper neighbor fret letter supplied (as Campion's trills do). Is this 
  trill original, or was it added later?
    
Tablature elements to be added by hand:
  No slurs in this piece.

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 (main note to lower neighbor and back to the main note).

Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar, 
  consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see:
  m1r6 and m8r4.

Performance suggestion: straight 8ths, played very freely.

Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
  1 4 7 10 13. Last measure is 14.


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                               Prelude a 4 tems.                            FC24: Page 1 of 1.
  Bb D G C F (tuning 1).  Leading measures: 1 6 11.                          Francois Campion.

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