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: FG39.
Title: Canario. 13 diferencias.
Composer: Francisco Guerau.
Source: Poema Harmonico.
Folio 54.
Date: 1694.
Facsimile: Tecla, p76.
Tuning: Baroque guitar (A D G B E).
Time sig: 3.
Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string):
M31 original showed no slur.
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.
M10 r1s1-r6s2.
M11 r1s3-r6s4, r7s2-r12s3.
M12 r1s1-r6s2.
M29 r3s3-r10s5.
M30 r2s1-r7s2, r8s2.
M31 r3s1-r10s3. (Not shown in the original.)
M32 r1s2-r4s3, r5s1-r8s2.
M41 r2s1, r7s3-r10s4.
M42 r2s1-r5s2, r7s2-r10s3.
M43 r2s3-r5s4, r7s1-r10s2.
M44 r2s3-r7s4.
M52 r4s1.
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.
Octave doublings: To connect a musical line on the modern guitar, or fill out
the texture, consider adding the octave above the bass. For example, see:
m32r9, m52r4.
Leading measures in Guerau's original tablature:
1 11 20 29 38 46. Last measure is 52.
WARNING: As always, the original tablature shows rhythm symbols only where the
rhythm value changes. The rhythm symbols by themselves do not generally tell
us whether a measure is in 3/4 or 6/8. All beaming of notes in this modern
tablature is editorial. Let me know where the beaming is incorrect.
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Canario. 13 diferencias. FG39: Page 1 of 2.
Baroque guitar (A D G B E). Leading measures: 1 8 14 21 28 32. Francisco Guerau.
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Guerau. Canario. Leading measures: 39 44 51. FG39: Page 2 of 2.
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