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: FC41.
Title: Courante.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
Page 21.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 45.
Tuning: Bb D G C F (tuning 1).
Time sig: 3/2.
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.
M12 r4-5s1.
M17 r5-6s2.
M27 r2s1.
M28 r1s1.
Take a moment to fill out the 16th-note beam.
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 (none in this piece).
. = do not strum this string in the chord.
z = rest. Fill in to make a solid block.
Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 8 14 20 25. Last measure is 29.
Transcription for modern guitar in standard tuning: Gitarren Musik des 16.-18.
Jahrhunderts - 3, Adalbert Quadt, page 41.
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Bb D G C F (tuning 1). Leading measures: 1 8 15 22 29. Francois Campion.
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