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: FC43.
Title: Gavotte en rondeau.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
2nd manuscript page inserted after page 21.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 47.
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:
Slurs. If only a starting point is given, slur includes all the following
uninterrupted notes on the same string.
M2r2-3s1, r4s1, r6-7s2.
M4 r4-5s2, r6s2.
M5 r1-2s3 (original started on s4).
M6 r4s1, r6-7s2 (original started on s3).
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, 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.
$ = used to indicate "Da capo al fine" in this piece.
Performance style: consider playing the 8th notes inegales, that is, as dotted
8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel).
Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 4 6 8 12 14 16. Last measure is 18.
Transcription for modern guitar in standard tuning: Gitarren Musik des 16.-18.
Jahrhunderts - 3, Adalbert Quadt, page 42.
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Bb D G C F (tuning 1). Leading measures: 1 7 14. Francois Campion.
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