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Short ID: FC42.
Title: Gigue.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
1st manuscript page inserted after page 21.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 46.
Tuning: Bb D G C F (tuning 1).
Time sig: 3.
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.
Explanation of symbols:
" = trill (starting on upper neighbor).
, = mordent (none in this piece).
. = do not strum this string in the chord.
$ = petite reprise symbols. Repeat the material between the signs.
Repeat path:
M54 first time, repeat after 2 beats back to m26.
M54 second time, repeat back to m47 (petite reprise).
Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar,
consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see:
m36r3.
Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 9 16 22 29 35 40 45 50 55. Last measure is 55.
Transcription for modern guitar in standard tuning: Gitarren Musik des 16.-18.
Jahrhunderts - 3, Adalbert Quadt, page 43.
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Bb D G C F (tuning 1). Leading measures: 1 11 22 33 43 53. Francois Campion.
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