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: FC64.
Title: Gigue.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
Page 33.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 60.
Tuning: B C G C E (tuning 4).
Time sig: 3.
Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string):
M23r1 original showed 4er (dot missing). Changed to dotted-4er here.
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.
Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 9 17 25 32. Last measure is 37.
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B C G C E (tuning 4). Leading measures: 1 12 23 34. Francois Campion.
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___3|_______0|_____0__|_3___3|_0______|_1___3_0|______3_1|_"0______|_1___3|_5_____5|________|___
____|_0___2__|_2_____0|______|_____2_0|________|_"2______|______2_0|_0____|_5___7__|________|___
____|________|________|_____0|________|________|__0______|________3|_2___0|_5______|_7___5_7|_5_
____|________|________|______|_0___2_4|_2___4_0|_________|__0______|______|_5______|_6______|_4_
____|________|________|______|________|________|_________|_________|______|_6______|________|___
____|________|________|______|________|________|_________|_________|______|________|________|___
__ __ __ ^ __ __ __ __ __
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____|________|_5___3_5|_"2___0_2|_3____||___|_3___1_3|_"0____|_0_____0|_1___0_1|________|_0_____
___2|_4______|________|________0|_2____||__2|________|_______|_____2__|________|_2______|_____2_
____|________|_2______|_________|_____*||*__|________|______0|________|_2___0_2|_3___2_3|_0_____
___2|_0_____0|________|__2______|_2___*||*__|________|_______|_0_____0|________|________|_______
____|_____0__|________|_________|______||___|________|_______|_____0__|________|________|_______
____|________|________|_________|______||___|________|_______|________|________|________|_______
__ __ __ __ ^ ^ __ ^ __ __ __
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________________________________________________________________________________________________
_0|_________|_5___3_5|_____0_1|_3___5_1|_"0____|_____2|_2___3_5|________|_________|_______0|____
__|_"1______|________|_2______|________|______2|_2____|_2______|_2_____2|_________|_0___2__|____
__|__2___0_2|________|_3______|________|__2____|_2____|_2______|_2___5__|_"4______|_2______|____
__|_________|_5______|________|_4_____2|_______|_2____|_2______|_2______|__4___5_7|________|____
__|_________|________|________|________|_______|_3____|_3______|_3______|_________|________|____
__|_________|________|________|________|_______|______|________|________|_________|________|____
__ __ ^
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_1___0__|_________|_______|_.____||_____________________________________________________________
________|_________|_"2___0|______||_____________________________________________________________
_______7|_"4___5_7|__0____|_____*||_____________________________________________________________
_2___4_5|__7___4_5|_______|_____*||_____________________________________________________________
________|_________|_______|_1____||_____________________________________________________________
________|_________|_______|______||_____________________________________________________________