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: FC71.
Title: Allemande.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
Page 36.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 63.
Tuning: B D G D G (tuning 7).
Time sig: C with slash ("cut time" symbol).
Fixes and modifications and comments (M=measure r=rhythm s=string):
M4r5 original showed 4er. Changed to 8th here.
M8r2-6 Campion notated 32nds, but in modern notation this is a 16th-note
quintuplet.
M21r1 original showed 4er (dot missing). Changed to dotted-4er 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.
M8 r2-4s2, r4-6s2 (connected slurs).
M19 r4-5s1.
Take a moment to fill out the 16th-note beam.
M8r2-6 quintuplet indication.
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.
z = rest. Fill in to make a solid block.
Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar,
consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see:
m13r2 and m18r5.
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 5 8 12 15 18. Last measure is 22.
Transcription for modern guitar in standard tuning: Gitarren Musik des 16.-18.
Jahrhunderts - I, Adalbert Quadt, page 50.
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B D G D G (tuning 7). Leading measures: 1 8 14 21. Francois Campion.
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