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:  FC33.
Title:     Courante les delices.
Composer:  Francois Campion.
Source:    Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
           2nd manuscript page inserted after page 16.
Date:      1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 41.

Tuning:    Bb D G C F (tuning 1).
Time sig:  3.

Fixes and modifications and comments (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): 
  M7r1-2 original showed no rhythm symbol, implying 8ths. 4er symbol added here.
  M9r1s2 original showed ornament fret d (=3) after the mordent sign. A slur 
    connects main fret c (=2) with fret d. Campion does not use this notation 
    elsewhere. Perhaps he intended a turn starting from the upper neighbor.
  M10r3-5 Campion gives right-hand fingering imi.
  M22 original rhythm shown as 8th (8th 8th) 8th (8th 8th).  Perhaps Campion 
    means 2 groups of 3 here. (That doesn't work well for me.)
  
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. 
    M16 r4-5s2.
    M20 r2s1, r5-6s2.
    M21 r3s2.
    M23 r1s5, r3s3.
    M24 r1-2s2.

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 (generally starting on upper neighbor). 
  , = mordent (main note to lower neighbor and back to the main note).

Performance style: I think the 8ths are played straight here, acting like the 
  4ers in courantes written in 3/2.

Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
  1 5 9 13 16 20 23. Last measure is 26.

Transcription for modern guitar in standard tuning: Gitarren Musik des 16.-18. 
  Jahrhunderts - I, Adalbert Quadt, page 52.


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                             Courante les delices.                          FC33: Page 1 of 1.
  Bb D G C F (tuning 1).  Leading measures: 1 9 17 24.                       Francois Campion.

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