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: FC61.
Title: Gavotte.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
Page 31.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 58.
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):
M4r1 original showed no rhythm symbol, implying 8th. 4er symbol added here.
M12-13 original showed no barline separating these measures. Barline added
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.
M3 r3-4s1, r5-6s1.
M7 r2-3s2.
M9 r2-3s1.
M11 r1s1, r3-4s2, r5s2, r7-8s3.
M12 r3-4s1, r5-6s1.
M13 r1s1, r2-3s2.
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).
. = do not strum this string in the chord.
$ = petite reprise symbols. Repeat the material between the signs.
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 instead of strum.
|__0_______0_|__2_______2_|
|_"1_ to __1_|__0_ to __0_|
|____________|__2_________|
|____________|__1_______1_|
|____________|____________|
Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 5 9 12. Last measure is 14.
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Bb C G C Eb (tuning 3). Leading measures: 1 9. Francois Campion.
___ ___ ___ ___ __ ^ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ ___
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___^_____________________________________________________^______________________________________
___4_2_"0__|_____4_9|_"8___9_7_5_4|_5_4_"2___4|_4____||__4_2_"0__|_______2_4_2_0|_______0___0|__
___3______2|_3_0____|____7________|______0____|_2____||__2______2|_3_2_0_0______|_2___2______|__
________4__|________|__0___8______|_5___"1____|_____*||*_________|_______2______|_3_____0____|__
___________|_______8|_____________|___________|_2___*||*_2_______|______________|_________3__|__
___2_______|_2___0__|__________4__|___0_______|_1____||__1_______|_2____________|____________|__
___________|________|_____________|___________|______||__________|______________|____________|__
^ ___ __ ^ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ ^
| | | |. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |. | | |
________________________________________________________________________________________________
_2_4_5_"2____|__________|_2_0____________|______2_0_2_4|_5_4___________|_.______||______________
________2___3|_3_____2_3|_____2_3_0_3____|_____________|_____5_3_"2___0|_0______||______________
_1___________|_3________|_________1___7_5|_"4_______4__|__________0____|_______*||______________
___5_________|_3________|_____________5__|__7___2______|_0___5_________|_______*||______________
_2______0____|_______1_2|_1___2__________|_____________|_______________|_2______||______________
_____________|_____$____|________________|_____________|_______________|_____$__||______________