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:  FC58.
Title:     Menuet.
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.

Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): 
  M12r1 original showed half (dot missing). Changed to dotted-half 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.
    M13 r2s1, r4-5s2.
    M15 r1-2s2.

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. 

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

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 6 11 15. Last measure is 16.


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                                    Menuet.                                 FC58: Page 1 of 1.
  Bb C G C Eb (tuning 3).  Leading measures: 1 12.                           Francois Campion.

   ^          __           ___ ___    ^          __           ^          ^      ^  __           
   | | |   |.  | |  | | |  | | | | |  | | |   |.  | |  | | |  | | |      | | |  |.  | |  | | |  
___________________________________________________________________________v____________________
___._0_4|_"0______|_4_5_2|_4_2_4_5_4|_._0_4|_"0______|_4_5_2|_4______||______0|_2___0__|______|_
___0____|______2_0|______|__________|______|______2_0|______|_2______||__2____|_______2|_3_2_0|_
_______0|_________|_____1|_0________|_____0|_________|_____1|_______*||*______|_2_____4|_____1|_
________|__0______|___0__|__________|______|__0______|___0__|_2_____*||*_2____|________|_0____|_
___2____|_________|_0____|__________|_2____|_________|_0____|_1______||__1____|_2______|___0__|_
________|_________|______|__________|______|_________|______|________||_______|________|______|_

          ^ ___ ___  ^  __    ___     __  ^                                                     
   | | |  | | | | |  |.  | |  | |  |.  |  | | |                                                 
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________|_4_2_0____|_2___4_5|___________|_.______||_____________________________________________
__"2____|_3_____2_0|_2______|_5_3_"2___0|_0______||_____________________________________________
___0____|___2______|_4______|______0____|_______*||_____________________________________________
________|__________|_2_____0|_5_________|_______*||_____________________________________________
________|_2________|_2______|___________|_2______||_____________________________________________
________|__________|________|___________|________||_____________________________________________