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: FC63.
Title: Rondeau.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
Page 32.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 59.
Tuning: B C G C E (tuning 4).
Time sig: C with slash ("cut time" symbol).
Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): none.
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.
M1 r2-3s1.
M2 r1s1, r3s2, r6s1.
M3 r1s2, r3s3, r7-8s1.
M4 r1-2s1, r3s1.
M6 r2s1.
M9 r3s1, r5-6s2.
M12 r4-5s3.
M14 r2-3s1, r3-5s1 (connecting slurs).
M16 r1s2, r3-4s3.
M17 r1s2, r5-6s3, r7-8s3.
M20 r2-3s3, r7-8s3.
M25 r2-3s2.
M26 r4-5s2.
M27 r2s2.
Take a moment to fill out the 16th-note beam.
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 (main note to lower neighbor and back to the main note).
. = do not strum this string in the chord.
$ = serves as a segno and "Dal segno" in this rondo. Repeat the first
section after each of the others. The $ in m5 would make more sense
moved to the beginning of m1.
Performance style: consider playing the 8th notes inegales, that is, as dotted
8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel).
Suggested simplification (if need be):
______________
|_"1______"1_|
|____________|
|_"1_ to __1_|
|____________|
|____________|
|____________|
Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 4 9 14 18 21 25 29. Last measure is 29.
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B C G C E (tuning 4). Leading measures: 1 8 16 22. Francois Campion.
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