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:  FC38.
Title:     Prelude a 4 tems.
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 and comments (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): 
  Right-hand thumb indicated at m2r3,4,5,7 and m3r3.

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 (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,r5.

Performance suggestion: straight 8ths, played very freely.

Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
  1 5 9 13 16. Last measure is 18.

Transcription for modern guitar in standard tuning: Gitarren Musik des 16.-18. 
  Jahrhunderts - 3, Adalbert Quadt, page 40.


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                               Prelude a 4 tems.                            FC38: Page 1 of 1.
  Bb D G C F (tuning 1).  Leading measures: 1 6 11 17.                       Francois Campion.

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