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: FC34.
Title: Gavotte.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
Page 18.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 42.
Tuning: Bb D G C F (tuning 1).
Time sig: C with slash ("cut time" symbol).
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.
M2 r2-3s2.
M3 r1s2.
M4 r2-3s1.
M8 r2s4, r4-5s1, r6-7s1.
M11 r5-6s2.
M12 r3s2, r3s5.
M13 r1s1, r2-3s2.
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).
. = do not strum this string in the chord.
$ = petite reprise symbols. Repeat the material between the signs.
Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar,
consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see:
m7r2.
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 5 9 13. Last measure is 14.
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Bb D G C F (tuning 1). Leading measures: 1 9. Francois Campion.
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_____5|___________0|_________2_4|_5_4_2_"2___0|______||__._0__|_________0|_2_____7_5_4_2|_"1____
___2__|_3_2_3_0____|_3_2___2____|________0____|______||______3|_2_____3__|_3_____0______|__2____
___3__|_______2____|_____3_3___2|_0___________|_2___*||*_2____|_3___1_0__|_3____________|_______
___3__|_________3__|____________|_____________|_3___*||*_3____|_3_______3|_1_0_1________|_______
______|_2_0________|_0__________|___0_________|_2____||__2____|___0______|______________|_______
______|____________|____________|_____________|______||_______|__________|______________|_______
___ __ ^ ___ ___ ^ ___ ___ __ ___ ___ ___ ___ __
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_2_4_"4___2|_2_____________|_0_0_2______|____________0__|_2_0___________|_________||____________
_3_0__6____|_2_______"2_2_3|_2_____3_2_3|_"0___0_2_3___2|_____3_2_"0____|_________||____________
___________|___0_2_________|_2__________|__2____________|__________2___3|_,3_____*||____________
______0____|_______________|____________|__3_________0__|_1________3____|________*||____________
___________|__________0____|_._____2_0__|________0_2____|_______________|__0______||____________
___________|_______$_______|____________|_______________|_______________|______$__||____________