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:  FC52.
Title:     Menuet.
Composer:  Francois Campion.
Source:    Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
           Page 26.
Date:      1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 53.

Tuning:    B D G C F# (tuning 2).
Time sig:  3.

Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): none.

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.
    M1 r4s2.
    M5 r4s2.
    M9 r2s1, r4-5s2.
    M11 r1-2s1, 3-4s1, r5s1.

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).

Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar, 
  consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see:
  m12r4 and m13r2. I would also lower m15r1s2 an octave.

Performance style: consider playing the 8th notes inegales, that is, as dotted 
  8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel).

Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
  1 6 12. Last measure is 16.


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                                    Menuet.                                 FC52: Page 1 of 1.
  B D G C F# (tuning 2).  Leading measures: 1 11.                            Francois Campion.

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___1_0______|_______|______|__________|_1_0______|_______|______|________||__3_1_0____|_______|_
___2___4_2_0|______2|___4_1|_2_1_2_4_2|_2___4_2_0|______2|___4_1|_2______||__2_____4_2|_"0____|_
_____2______|_"4_0__|_4___2|_2________|___2______|_"4_0__|_4___2|_2_____*||*_2________|______4|_
_________4__|__5___4|_5_2__|_0________|_______4__|__5___4|_5_2__|_0_____*||*__________|__4___5|_
____________|_______|______|__________|__________|_______|______|________||___________|_______|_
____________|_______|______|__________|__________|_______|______|________||___________|_______|_

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____________|_"4________|_____0|_________|_0_______|_2______||__________________________________
____________|__5___7_5__|_2____|_________|_________|_______*||__________________________________
____________|___________|______|__0______|____0____|_______*||__________________________________
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