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:  FC57.
Title:     Courante.
Composer:  Francois Campion.
Source:    Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
           Page 29.
Date:      1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 56.

Tuning:    Bb C G C Eb (tuning 3).
Time sig:  3/2.

Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): 
  M2r1 original showed no rhythm symbol. Strummed dotted-4er symbol added here.

Tablature elements to be added by hand:
  No slurs in this piece.

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).
  . = do not strum this string in the chord. 
  z = rest. Fill in to make a solid block.

Suggested simplification (if need be): 
  ______________
  |__4_______4_| ... and roll the chord instead of strum.
  |__2_______2_|
  |__0_ to __0_|
  |__2_________|
  |__1_______1_|
  |____________|

Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
  1 5 8 12 16. Last measure is 18.


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                                   Courante.                                FC57: Page 1 of 1.
  Bb C G C Eb (tuning 3).  Leading measures: 1 7 13 18.                      Francois Campion.

   __  ^  __        __      __        __      __        __      __         __  ^           __   
    |  |.  | | | |.  |   |.  | | | |.  |   |.  | | | |.  |   |.  | | |  |.  |  | | | |  |.  |   
____v___________________________________________________________________________________________
____.|___________4___9|_"8_______9_5___4|_"2___4_________2|__________________|_._____2_"2___0|__
____0|_____2_3_0______|______9_7________|________0_2_3____|_"2___0___3_"3___2|__________0____|__
_____|________________|__0_______9______|________1___2____|________3____0____|_1________2____|__
_____|_______________8|____________5____|_________________|__________________|_______________|__
____2|___________0____|_________________|__0______________|__0_______________|_2_____________|__
_____|________________|_________________|_________________|__________________|_______________|__

 ^          __      __         __  ^         __     __   ^  __               __ ^      __       
 | | | | |.  |   |.  | | |  |.  |  | | | | | |       |   |.  |  | | | |   |.  | | | |.  |       
____________________________________________________________________________________v___________
_._____7______|__________2_"2___0|______________||___7|_"4___5_"2_____4|_"0_____._______5|______
_2_______5___7|_"2___2_3_0__2____|_3____________||____|__3______2______|______2__________|______
_3_______7____|______1_0_1_______|_3_________z_*||*___|__3____________0|__0_____1________|______
_2____________|__________________|_3___________*||*___|__3_____________|_________________|______
_4___________5|__0__________0____|______________||____|_________0______|________2________|______
______________|__________________|______________||____|________________|_________________|______

     __          __      __         __  ^       ^  __     __         __  ^  __         __  ^    
  |.  |  | |  |.  |   |.  | | |  |.  |  | | | | |.  |  |.  | | |  |.  |  |.  | | |  |.  |  | |  
______________________________________________v_________________________________________________
_"5___7_"4_7_"6___4|_"3___0___4_"3___4|_4___________0|_2___0___0_______|_4___6_8_9_______|______
_________3_________|________2_________|_2_____2______|_______2___"2___0|_3_________"2___0|_0____
___________________|__________________|______________|_2_____4________1|_______0____0____|______
__5______0____0____|__2_______0__2____|_2_____2______|_________0_______|_3___5___8_______|______
___________0_______|________0_________|_1_____1______|____________0____|_________________|_2____
___________________|__________________|______________|_________________|_________________|______

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__________||____________________________________________________________________________________
__________||____________________________________________________________________________________
_______z_*||____________________________________________________________________________________
_________*||____________________________________________________________________________________
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