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Short ID:  FC37.
Title:     Allemande.
Composer:  Francois Campion.
Source:    Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
           Page 19.
Date:      1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 43.

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:
  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, just under the beam if a beam is present.    

Explanation of symbols: 
  " = trill (starting on upper neighbor). 
  , = mordent (none in this piece).
  . = do not strum this string in the chord. 
  z = rest. Fill in to make a solid block.

Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar, 
  consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see: 
  m4r4, m5r3 and m14r3.

Performance style: consider playing the 8th notes inegales, that is, as dotted 
  8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel).

Suggested simplification (if need be): 
  ______________
  |____________|
  |_"4______"4_|
  |__2_ to ____|
  |__________7_|
  |____________|
  |____________|

Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
  1 5 8 11 15 18. Last measure is 20.


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                                  Allemande.                                FC37: Page 1 of 1.
  Bb D G C F (tuning 1).  Tendrement.  Leading measures: 1 7 14 19.          Francois Campion.

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____v________________________^__________________________________________________________________
_____|____________|__________0_4_"2_0|______________0__|_________5_7_5_4|_4_4_5_"2___4|_4_2_0___
_____|_____0_2_0__|____0_2_4_2_______|_"4_________0___4|_2______________|_5_4____4_2__|_1_____4_
____2|_____2___2_3|_"2_______2_______|__5_7_5___2______|_______2_0______|___5_________|_2___2___
____3|___________5|__3_____2_0_______|_________________|________________|_0___________|_________
____2|_______0____|_______________0__|________0________|_0_2_0__________|________0____|_________
_____|____________|__________________|_________________|________________|_____________|_________

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____________________________________________________________________________v__^_______^________
_0_0____|______________0__|_2_4_2_0________|_0_2_"0_________|_.________||___2|___0_2_4_2_4_"0__|
_____4_2|_"1___1___2_4____|_2_______4______|_0______4_"2___0|_0________||____|________________4|
_2___2__|__2_3_2_0_2______|_4______________|_2_________0____|_0_____z_*||*___|_________________|
________|__________3_2_0__|________________|________3_______|_2_______*||*__2|_________2_______|
________|________________2|_________2_4_2_0|________________|_2________||___2|_________2_______|
________|_________________|________________|________________|__________||____|_________________|

 ___ ___ ___ ___   ___  ___     __  ___ ___ ___ ___  ___ ___  ___ ___  ___ ___ ___ ___  ___ ___ 
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_^_____________________________________________________________________^________________^_______
___0_2_4_5______|____4_"2_0_______|________________|_________________|_______0_2_____2|_4_4_2_0_
_2_________1_2_4|_"1________"4___2|_2_2_____0_0____|_______0____0_2_4|_2_2_4___4_4_5__|_5_______
_3_____2_0_____0|__2______0__2____|_2___2_3_2_2_3_2|_0_2_3___"2______|_4___0__________|_5_______
_____________3__|____2__3_________|_0___________5_3|_2___2____3___3_2|________________|_3_______
_____0__________|_________________|________________|_________________|_._______2______|_.___0___
________________|_________________|________________|_________________|________________|_________

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______0|__________||____________________________________________________________________________
_"4____|__________||____________________________________________________________________________
__5____|_2_____z_*||____________________________________________________________________________
_______|_3_______*||____________________________________________________________________________
_______|_2________||____________________________________________________________________________
_______|__________||____________________________________________________________________________