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:  FC47.
Title:     Prelude a 4 tems.
Composer:  Francois Campion.
Source:    Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
           Page 23.
Date:      1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 50.

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:
  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. 

Performance suggestion: straight 8ths, played very freely.

Suggested simplification (if need be): 
  ______________
  |____________|
  |_"4______"4_|
  |__2_ to ____|
  |__________7_|
  |____________|
  |____________|

Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
  1 4 8 11 14 17. Last measure is 18.

Transcription for modern guitar in standard tuning: Das Gitarrespiel, 4. Heft, 
  Bruno Henze, p34.


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                               Prelude a 4 tems.                            FC47: Page 1 of 1.
  Bb D G C F (tuning 1).  Leading measures: 1 6 12 17.                       Francois Campion.

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___2_______2___4|_____2_____2____|________________|_________4______|_2_______1______|___4_,5_2__
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___0____________|_____3_0________|___2_3_0_2______|_0_________3____|___2_3_____2_3_0|______0____
___.____________|_3_______0______|_______________3|_________2______|_0______________|_3______0__
________________|________________|________________|________________|________________|___________

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__2___0_2|______2_0_______|__________5_0_2__|_2______________|_______________0|_5___5__________|
____4____|___________0____|_________________|_____3__________|_________0___0__|_______3_______2|
_________|__0_____________|________________0|_________0___1__|_2___3__________|_________0___0__|
_________|________________|_________________|________________|________________|________________|

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_2_0_0_0_0_____2|_________________|________________|________________|__________0___0__|_________
_1___2_2___4_4__|_"1_______0_0_2__|_____________0__|___2___0___4___4|_"1___2_4_0_4___2|_"1______
_2___2___0___0__|__2_3_0_2_______2|_3_______3_0___3|_2___2___3___4__|__2_2_____1______|__2_0____
_______0_______2|__________4______|_5_0_5_3_2______|_3___4___5___6__|_________________|_________
_________1___0__|_________________|________________|________________|_________________|_________
________________|_________________|________________|________________|_________________|_________

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___0__2____|_2_______||_________________________________________________________________________
_3_________|_0_______||_________________________________________________________________________
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