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:  FC65.
Title:     Gavotte.
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:  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.
    M4 r2-3s1.
    M8 r4-5s1.
    M7 r2-3s2.
    M9 r1-2s1, r3-4s1.
    M11 r4-5s1.
    M12 r2-3s1.
    M13 r1-2s1, r3s1.

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. 

Performance style: consider playing the 8th notes inegales, that is, as dotted 
  8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel).

Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
  1 6 10. Last measure is 14.


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                                   Gavotte.                                 FC65: Page 1 of 1.
  B C G C E (tuning 4).  Leading measures: 1 9.                              Francois Campion.

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___3_3_1|_0___1_3_5_1_0|______0_5|_"2_3_5_"5___3|_3____||__._3_1|_"0_____1___1|_3_5___0_1|_3_1__
________|______________|_"2_0____|_________6____|_2____||__2____|____2_0_0____|_____2____|______
_____0__|______________|__0______|__2______7____|_____*||*______|____3___2____|_0___3_2__|_0____
________|_0_____4___2_0|____0_0__|______________|_2___*||*_2____|__0__________|___5______|______
___1____|______________|________0|______________|______||_______|_____________|__________|______
________|______________|_________|______________|______||_______|_____________|__________|______

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_0_1_"0____|_.___2_"2|_3_3_1_3_1|___0_1_3___3|_5_3_1_0_______|_.____||__________________________
__________2|_2___2___|_2___2____|____________|_________"2___0|______||__________________________
______2____|_2___2___|_____0____|____________|__________0____|_____*||__________________________
___________|_2___2__0|__________|_______4____|_5___2_________|_____*||__________________________
___________|_3___3___|_0________|_1__________|_______________|_1____||__________________________
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