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Short ID: FG25.
Title: Passacalles de 8o. alto punto alto. Compassillo. 13 diferencias.
Composer: Francisco Guerau.
Source: Poema Harmonico.
Folio 29.
Date: 1694.
Facsimile: Tecla, p51.
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.
M26 r1s2.
M37 r2s1-r7s4, r9s1-r14s3.
M38 r1s4-r7s5, r8s1-r11s2, r12s2-r15s3.
M39 r2s1-r7s3, r9s1-r14s2.
M40 r2s1-r7s3.
M41 r1s2-r8s1, r10-11s1.
M42 r1s2-r8s1, r9s2-r12s2, r13s4-r16s3.
M43 r1s3-r8s2, r9s1-r16s1.
M44 r1-4s1, r5-8s2, r9-12s1.
Arrowheads ^ indicate strums. See m37-m39. It's worth re-drawing the
^ arrowhead right at the top of the associated stem, under the beam.
Take a moment to fill out the 16th-note and 32nd-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 9 17 27 37 41 46. Last measure is 52.
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Passacalles de 8o. alto punto alto. Compassillo. 13 diferencias. FG25: Page 1 of 2.
Baroque guitar (A D G B E). Leading measures: 1 7 13 19 25 32. Francisco Guerau.
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