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: FC62.
Title: Passacaille.
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: 3/2.
Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string):
M32r2 original showed no rhythm symbol. 4er symbol 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.
M7 r5s1.
M15 r5s1.
M31 r5s1, r5s4.
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.
Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 6 11 15 19 23 28. Last measure is 32.
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Bb C G C Eb (tuning 3). Leading measures: 1 8 14 21 28. Francois Campion.
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____|____________|_______________||_____________|____________|____________|____________|________
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_1___4__|_________0__|_____0___7__|_1___4______|__0___________*||_______________________________
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