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:  FC54.
Title:     Gavotte.
Composer:  Francois Campion.
Source:    Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
           Page 27.
Date:      1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 54.

Tuning:    B D G C F# (tuning 2).
Time sig:  C with slash ("cut time" symbol).

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.
    M4 r2s1.
    M6 r2s1.
    M7 r2-3s3, r5s1.
    M8 r2-3s3, r5-6s2.
    M12 r4-5s2.
    M13 r2-3s1.

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. 

Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar, 
  consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see:
  m2r1 and m11r1.

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 10. Last measure is 14.


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                                   Gavotte.                                 FC54: Page 1 of 1.
  B D G C F# (tuning 2).  Leading measures: 1 9.                             Francois Campion.

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___1_0__|__________|__________0|_,1_0_1___3|_"0____||__5_3_5|_______3_1_3|_____________|_0_1____
___2___4|_2_0_____2|______2_4__|________4__|__2____||_______|_4__________|_"3_____4_3_4|________
_______2|_____4_2__|_"4_0______|__________2|______*||*______|_5_4_5_2____|__4_2_4_0____|_2______
________|_______4_0|__5___4____|__2________|__0___*||*______|____________|_____________|________
________|_0________|___________|________2__|_______||__0____|____________|_____________|________
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___________|_4__________|___2_0___4__|_"4_2______|_5_2____2____|_____*||________________________
___________|_2_0________|_______4____|__5________|________0____|_____*||________________________
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