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: FC60.
Title: Gigue.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
Page 30.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 57.
Tuning: Bb C G C Eb (tuning 3).
Time sig: 3.
Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): none.
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.
$ = petite reprise symbols. Repeat the material between the signs.
Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar,
consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see:
m12r3 and m33r1.
Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 8 15 23 30 37. Last measure is 42.
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Bb C G C Eb (tuning 3). Leading measures: 1 14 27 40. Francois Campion.
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