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:  FC9.
Title:     Gavotte.
Composer:  Francois Campion.
Source:    Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
           Page 9.
Date:      1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 25.

Tuning:    Bb D G C F (tuning 1).
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. 
    M7 r3s1, r5-6s2.
    M8 r2s2.
    M9 r2-3s2.
    M11 r2-4s1.
  Take a moment to fill out the 16th-note beams.

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, just under the beam if a beam is present.    

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. 

Performance style: consider playing the piece inegales, that is, with 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.                                 FC9: Page 1 of 1.
  Bb D G C F (tuning 1).  Leading measures: 1 9.                             Francois Campion.

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___2__|______________|____________|_0___2_4|_"1____||_________|_0___2_0____|___________0__|_____
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______|__0__2_______3|_"2_0_______|________|__2___*||*_2______|_____0______|_______2______|_____
_____4|______________|__0_5__3___1|_0___1__|______*||*_0______|____________|______________|_____
______|________0__2__|____________|___0___2|__.____||________2|_1__________|_2____________|__0__
______|______________|____________|________|_______||_________|____________|______________|_____

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