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Short ID:  FC49.
Title:     Gigue.
Composer:  Francois Campion.
Source:    Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
           Page 24.
Date:      1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 51.

Tuning:    Bb D G C F (tuning 1).
Time sig:  3.

Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): 
  M3r1 original showed 4er (dot missing). Changed to dotted-4er here.
  M20r2 original showed 4er. Changed to 8th here.

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 (none in this piece).
  $ = petite reprise symbols. Repeat the material between the signs.

Repeat path: 
  M30 first time, repeat after 2 beats back to m12.
  M30 second time, repeat back to m23 (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:
  m9r3 and m15r2.

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

Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
  1 8 15 22 29. Last measure is 31.


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                                    Gigue.                                  FC49: Page 1 of 1.
  Bb D G C F (tuning 1).  Leading measures: 1 12 22.                         Francois Campion.

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____|_4___2_0|_____0__|_________|_2___4_0|_____4__|_0___5_0|_2___7__|_4___5_4|_"2___0__|______|_
___2|_2______|_4_____2|_"1_____2|________|_4_____4|________|_______7|________|__0_____4|______|_
____|_2______|________|__2___0__|________|________|________|_______5|________|_________|_2___*|_
____|________|_______0|________3|_2___3_0|________|_0______|_2______|_3______|_________|_3___*|_
____|________|________|_________|________|_3______|________|________|_______0|_________|_2____|_
____|________|________|_________|________|________|________|________|________|_________|______|_

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________________________________________________________________________________________________
|__0|_7___5_4|_2___4_0|________0|_2______|________|______0__|_______1|_2___4_2|_"1_____1|_2___5_
|___|________|________|_"4______|________|_0___2__|________4|_2___4__|_2______|__0___4__|_2_____
|*__|________|________|__5_____2|_0___2__|_______3|_"2______|________|_3______|__2______|_______
|*__|________|_______3|_________|_______3|_2______|__3______|________|________|_________|_______
|___|________|________|______0__|________|________|_________|_0______|________|_________|_______
|___|________|________|_________|________|________|_________|________|________|_________|_______

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________________________________________________________________________________________________
___|_5___4_2|_4___2_0|_____0__|______4|_4___6_7|_"6___8_9|_______|_1st______2____||_3rd______||_
___|________|________|_4_____2|_"1____|________|_________|_"4___2|_2nd__2________||_End__2___||_
___|_0______|________|_0______|__2____|________|__0______|__2____|_End__2_______*||______2___||_
___|________|_3______|________|_______|_4______|_________|_______|______0_______*||______0___||_
___|________|________|________|_______|________|_________|_______|_______________||__________||_
_$_|________|________|________|_______|________|_________|_______|____________$__||__________||_