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Short ID: FC48.
Title: Allemande (Tombeau).
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):
M11r4 original showed 4er. Changed to 8th here.
M22r1 original showed 4er (dot missing). Changed to dotted-4er here.
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.
M23 r4s1, r7-8s2.
M24 r2-4s3, r8s1, r10s2.
M26 r4s5.
Take a moment to fill out the 16th-note beams.
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.
Performance style: consider playing the 8th notes inegales, that is, as dotted
8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel).
Suggested simplifications (if need be):
___________________________
|____________|____________|
|_"4______"4_|____________|
|__2_ to ____|_"4_ to _"4_|
|__________7_|__2_________|
|____________|__________6_|
|____________|____________|
Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 6 11 17 21 24. Last measure is 28.
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Bb D G C F (tuning 1). Leading measures: 1 9 17 24. Francois Campion.
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____v___________________________________________________________________________________________
____0|_____4____|_0___0_5___4|_4___2_"2___4|_4_____0|___________|_0___0_"1___1|_2_4_5___5|______
____2|___2_____4|_______4____|_2______4_2__|_1___4__|_"1___1_2_4|_2___________|_2_0______|_"4___
____2|__________|_______5____|_____________|_2___2__|__2_2_0_2_0|_2___________|___2_0____|__5___
____0|__________|_0__________|_____________|________|________3_2|_0______0____|__________|______
____.|_____3____|____________|_0______0____|________|___________|_.________2__|_0___0____|______
_____|__________|____________|_____________|________|___________|_____________|__________|______
__ __ __ __ ___ __ ^ __ __ ^ __ __ ___
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______________________________________________________________v_________________________________
_4___4|_____2___2|_____________|______________|__________||___4|_______0_2|___________|_______0_
______|_2________|_"1___2_4___4|_"2___0_______|__________||___4|_____4____|_"1_____2__|_4___4___
______|_3________|__2_____1____|__2_____"4___2|_2_____z_*||*__2|__________|__2_______0|___2_____
_3____|_____2____|_____________|____0____2____|_2_______*||*__2|__________|______2_3__|_______0_
______|__________|_____________|______________|_3________||___3|__________|___________|_3_______
______|__________|_____________|______________|__________||____|__________|___________|_________
___ ___ __ __ __ ^ __ __ __ __ ^ ____ _______ ____
| | | | | |. | |. | |. | | | | | |. | |. | |. | |. | | | |.-| |-|-|-| |.-|
___________________________________________________________________v____________________________
___0|_2___2_4___4|_4___2_"2___0|_______0|________2___2|_2___1_"1___2|_____5__4_2_0____|_________
_2__|___0________|_2______4____|_____0__|_"2___2_2____|_0______0___2|______________4_2|_"1______
____|____________|_____________|_2___2__|_____________|_2______2____|_____0___________|__2__0___
____|_2_____3____|_____________|_3_____3|_____________|_____________|_________________|_________
____|____________|_0______2____|_2______|__0_____0____|_____________|_________________|_________
____|____________|_____________|________|_____________|_____________|_________________|_________
_______ ____ _______ ___ _____ __ __ __
|-|-|-| |.-| |-|-|-| | | | | | | | | |-| | |. | |. | | | | |
________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________4__2_0______|______2___2|_2___0______|_0___________|__________||_______________________
________________4_2_0|___________|_4__________|_2___4_"4___2|_2________||_______________________
_2_3_2_0_____________|_"4________|____________|_1______2____|_2_____z_*||_______________________
_________4___________|__5___2_0__|_____0_0_2_3|_____________|_0_______*||_______________________
_____________________|___________|_3__________|_____________|__________||_______________________
_____________________|___________|____________|_____________|__________||_______________________