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: FC51.
Title: Courante.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
Page 25.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 52.
Tuning: B D G C F# (tuning 2).
Time sig: 3/2.
Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): none.
Tablature elements to be added by hand:
No slurs in this piece.
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.
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.
z = rest. Fill in to make a solid block.
Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar,
consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see:
m15r8 and m17r6. I would also lower m18r4s2 an octave.
Performance style: play straight 8ths in a courante. (The beat is a half note.)
The rhythm's a killer, innit?
Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 4 9 13 16. Last measure is 19.
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B D G C F# (tuning 2). Leading measures: 1 6 12 17. Francois Campion.
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