This easy-to-read modern tablature should be completely faithful to Francisco Guerau's original tablature. Let me know of any errors you find. Donald Sauter.

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Short ID:  FG17.
Title:     Passacalles de 8o. tono. Compassillo. 14 diferencias.
Composer:  Francisco Guerau.
Source:    Poema Harmonico.
           Folio 20.
Date:      1694.
Facsimile: Tecla, p42.

Tuning:    Baroque guitar (A D G B E).
Time sig:  C.

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.
    M9 r2s1, r5s3-r7s4, r8s1-r10s2.
    M10 r2s1-r4s2, r5s4, r8s2, r11s4-m11r1s5.
    M11 r2s2-r4s3, r7s3, r10-11s5.
    M12 r2-3s1, r5s1, r8s2.
    M52 r1-2s3.
    M53 r3s1-r6s2, r7s1-r10s2.
    M54 r1s3-r4s4, r6s1-r14s3.
    M55 r1s4-r4s5, r6s2-r14s4.
    M56 r1s4-r4s5, r5s1-r8s2, r9s1-r12s2.
  Take a moment to fill out the 16th-note beams.

Explanation of symbols: 
  " = trill, generally starting on upper neighbor. On 8th and dotted 8th 
      notes, consider a shorter, 3-note figure - main note to upper neighbor 
      and back to the main note.
  , = mordent, main note to lower neighbor and back to the main note.

Leading measures in Guerau's original tablature:
  1 11 20 29 37 45 53. Last measure is 56.


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             Passacalles de 8o. tono. Compassillo. 14 diferencias.          FG17: Page 1 of 2.
  Baroque guitar (A D G B E).  Leading measures: 1 8 12 18 24 31.            Francisco Guerau.

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