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Short ID: FC8.
Title: Courante. La Victoire.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
2nd page inserted after page 8.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 24.
Tuning: Bb D G C F (tuning 1).
Time sig: 3/2.
Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string):
M17r1 original showed half (dot missing). Changed to dotted-half here.
M27 original rhythm shown as (half) half 4er. R2 changed to dotted-half 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 r5-6s3 (original started on s4).
M10 r5-6s2.
M11 r5-6s4.
M25 r5-6s2 (original started on s3).
M37 r5-6s2 (original started on s3).
M38 r1s5, r3s3, r5-6s4.
M39 r3s2, r5-6s3 (original started on s4).
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.
It's worth re-drawing the ^ arrowhead right at the top of the associated
stem.
Repeat path: Make whatever adjustments are necessary to the notated rhythm
values when repeating or going on at measures with repeat signs. No second
endings have been created here to follow rigorous modern conventions.
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.
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:
m35r3, m38r1-2 and m40r5.
Suggested simplification (if need be):
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|_"4______"4_|
|__2_ to ____|
|__________7_|
|____________|
|____________|
Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 6 11 15 20 24 29 33 37 41. Last measure is 42.
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Bb D G C F (tuning 1). Leading measures: 1 8 15 22 29 36. Francois Campion.
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