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: FC39.
Title: Simphonie.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
Page 20.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 44.
Tuning: Bb D G C F (tuning 1).
Time sig: 3/2.
Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string):
M6r2 original showed dotted-4er. Changed to 4er here (dot removed).
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.
M3 r6s2.
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.
Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar,
consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see:
m2r1,r3,r6.
Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 5 9 14 18 22. Last measure is 26.
Transcription for modern guitar in standard tuning: Gitarren Musik des 16.-18.
Jahrhunderts - 3, Adalbert Quadt, page 40.
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Bb D G C F (tuning 1). lentc. Leading measures: 1 7 14 21. Francois Campion.
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