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: FC5.
Title: Menuet.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
Page 7.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 21.
Tuning: Bb D G C F (tuning 1).
Time sig: 3.
Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string):
M8r1 chord is sloppy. S1 is clearly fret e (=4); s2 may be fret c (=2); s3
looks like fret a (=0) but made into c (=2) 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.
M12 r3-4s3.
M21 r3-4s2.
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.
It's worth re-drawing 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.
$ = petite reprise symbols. Repeat the material between the signs.
Performance style: consider playing the piece inegales, that is, with dotted
8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel).
Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 5 10 15 20. Last measure is 24.
Transcription for modern guitar in standard tuning: Music For The Classical
Guitar, Book II, Theodore Norman, page 30.
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Bb D G C F (tuning 1). Leading measures: 1 11 21. Francois Campion.
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___2___,2|_"0______|_5_4_2|_4_2_4_5_4|_2___,2|_"0______|_5_4_2|_4______||________|_0___0_2|_____
___2_2___|__0___3_2|______|__________|_2_2___|__0___3_2|______|_2______||__2_2_,3|_2______|_,3__
________0|__2______|_0____|__________|______0|__2______|_0____|_2_____*||*_2_____|________|_____
_________|_________|___3_1|_0________|_______|_________|___3_1|_______*||*_0_____|________|_____
_________|________0|______|__________|_______|________0|______|_.______||_______2|_1______|__2__
_________|_________|______|__________|_______|_________|______|________||________|________|_____
__ ___ ^ __ __ ___ ___ ___ ^ ^ ___ ___
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______________________________________________^_________________________________________________
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_3_2|_"0________|___3_2|_3___0_,2|_,3_"0____|_._____0_2_3|_2_2__|_0____|_______|__2_2_4___2|____
_2__|______0____|______|_3___2___|_____2___3|_3_2_3______|_3___3|_3___2|__0____|__2________|____
____|__3_____3_1|_0____|_1_______|__1__3____|_3__________|_3____|______|____3_1|___________|____
___0|___________|___2_0|________0|__________|_0__________|______|______|_______|___________|____
____|___________|______|_________|__________|____________|______|______|_______|___________|____
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___2_"0____|________|_________|__________||_____________________________________________________
___2____3_2|_3___2_0|_________|__________||_____________________________________________________
___4____0__|_______2|_0_"2___0|_0_______*||_____________________________________________________
___________|________|____0____|_0_______*||_____________________________________________________
___________|_2___0__|_0_______|_0________||_____________________________________________________
_$_________|________|_________|_______$__||_____________________________________________________