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: FC56.
Title: Allemande.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
Page 27.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 54.
Tuning: Bb C G C Eb (tuning 3).
Time sig: C with slash ("cut time" symbol).
Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string):
M6r3 original showed dotted-4er. Changed to 4er here.
M29r3 original showed 4er (dot missing). Changed to dotted-4er 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.
M6 r4-6s2.
M7 r4-5s2.
M8 r4-5s1.
M12 r3-4s1, r4-6s1 (connected slurs), r3-4s3, r4-6s3 (connected slurs).
Take a moment to fill out the 16th-note beams.
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).
# = vibrato.
. = do not strum this string in the chord.
z = rest. Fill in to make a solid block.
Performance style: consider playing the 8th notes inegales, that is, as dotted
8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel).
Suggested simplifications (if need be):
______________________________________
|__________|_"2______"2_|__4_______4_| ... and roll the chord
|_5______5_|__0_______0_|__2_______2_| instead of strum.
|___ to ___|_"1_ to __1_|__0_ to __0_|
|_5________|____________|__2_________|
|__________|____________|__1_______1_|
|__________|____________|____________|
Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 4 7 10 12 16 19 22 25 27. Last measure is 30.
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Bb C G C Eb (tuning 3). Leading measures: 1 7 12 19 25. Francois Campion.
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____v____v___^________^________^__________________________________^_____________________________
____.|______________|_.________4___4_5|_"2_0_2_4______0_4|_"2___0_._______|_._____________|_____
____0|_____2_3_3_2_3|_0______5_3_5____|__________"3_2____|________2_______|_3___3_"1_0_1_3|_____
____0|______________|_1_1_"0___3______|______4___________|__2_____3_5_"3_1|_0______0______|_____
____0|______________|_0______5_3______|___________0______|________2_______|_3_____________|_____
____2|_______2______|_2________5______|__0____________0__|________4_______|_0_____________|_____
_____|______________|_________________|__________________|________________|_______________|_____
__ ___ __ ___ __ __ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ _______
|. | |. |-| |. | |. |-| |. | |. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-|-|-|
_______________________________________________________________^_______^________^_______________
_____2_"0_____|_2___7_"5__4_5|_"4___5_"2____|_2_4_0_______0_2|___2_2_4_5_5_4_2|_0___2_0_2_4_____
_0_________2_3|_2____________|______________|_2_____2_3___0__|_2_2_2_4_5______|_0_______________
_1______2_____|________7_____|______________|_4_2_4_0_____2__|_3_3_1_0_5_5_5_4|_0___1_0_1_3_____
______________|______________|__3______2___0|________________|_2_______5_5_3_2|_0_______________
______________|_0____________|______________|_________2_0____|_4_______7______|_2_0_____________
______________|______________|______________|________________|________________|_________________
__ ^ __ __ ^ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ ___ __
|. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |. | | | | |. |
_______________________v____v_____________^________^____________________________________________
_"2___4|_4________||____|_______4_2_"0__|_.________5_7_"5_4|_"2___"2___#7____|_____2_"2____|____
__0____|_2________||___2|_____2________2|_3________5_______|________________2|_3___0__2___3|____
_"1____|_______z_*||*___|_______________|_1___"1_0_5_______|__3_5__3_1__0____|___1_________|____
_______|_2_______*||*__2|_______________|__________5_______|________________5|_3___________|____
_______|_1________||___1|_______________|_2_0______7_______|_________________|________0____|____
_______|__________||____|_______________|__________________|_________________|_____________|____
^ __ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ^ __ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ __ ___ ___
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_______^________^_______^_______________________________________________________________________
_____2_4_5_4_5|_2___2__________|_2___2_2_4|_5_5_"4_2_4_3_4_6|_"3_____4___4|_6_7_"3___3|_4_2_____
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_3_____3______|_4_____0_2______|_3_____1_0|_________________|________3____|_2_0__2____|_4_______
_3_____3______|_2______________|_2________|_5______2_3___0__|__2___0______|______2_0__|_________
_._____5______|_2_______2______|_4___0____|_________________|________4____|_2_0_______|_________
______________|________________|__________|_________________|_____________|___________|_________
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ ^ __
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |. | | | | | | | | | |. |-| | | |. | | | | |
__________________________________________________^_____________________________________________
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____2_3_______|_0___2_0________2|_3___3_"4_4____|_5_______"2__0__|_0_______0|_0________||_______
__________"1_0|_1_______"4___5__|____________1_0|_5________0____4|_____0____|_0_____z_*||_______
______0_______|__________7_5_3_2|_0_____________|_5_3_2_0________|___0______|_0_______*||_______
________0_____|_________________|________0_0____|_7________1_____|__________|_2________||_______
______________|_________________|_______________|________________|__________|__________||_______