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: FC28.
Title: Sarabande.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
Page 17.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 38.
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.
M11 r3s1.
M28 r2-3s2, r4s2.
Take a moment to fill out the 16th-note beam.
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.
. = do not strum this string in the chord.
Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar,
consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see:
m3r2.
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 7 12 18 25 30. Last measure is 32.
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Bb D G C F (tuning 1). Leading measures: 1 12 22 32. Francois Campion.
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