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: FC32.
Title: Menuet.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
1st manuscript page inserted after page 16.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 40.
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 r1s2, r5-6s2.
M10 r3-4s2 (original started on s3).
M11 r3-4s3, r4s3 (connecting slurs).
M13 r1s2, r5-6s2.
M14 r3s2 (original started on s3).
M15 r2s2.
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, just under the beam if a beam is present.
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.
Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar,
consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see:
m3r1, m7r1 and m9r5.
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 4 7 10 13. Last measure is 16.
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Bb D G C F (tuning 1). Leading measures: 1 9. Francois Campion.
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___^______________________________^__________^__________________________________________________
_______0_2_0|______|____________|_.___0_2_0|_____0_2_0|______|____________|________||________0__
___2_3______|_____0|_2_0_2_3_2_3|___3______|_2_3______|_____0|_2_0_2_3_2_3|________||__0_2_3____
___3________|_3_3_2|____________|_2________|_3________|_3_3_2|____________|_2_____*||*_2________
____________|_5____|____________|_3________|__________|_5____|____________|_3_____*||*__________
____________|______|_0__________|_2________|__________|______|_0__________|_2______||___________
____________|______|____________|__________|__________|______|____________|________||___________
___ __ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ ___ ___ ___
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