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

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Short ID:  GS24f.
Title:     Chacona
Composer:  Gaspar Sanz
Source:    Instruccion; Tomo 2, page 4.
Date:      1697.
Facsimile: Minkoff, 1976.

Tuning:    Baroque guitar (ADGBE).
Time sig:  3.

Fixes, modifications, comments (M=Measure; p=Place in measure; s=String): 
  M4p2s1. Original tablature showed mordent and trill on the same note.  I 
  went with the trill here.
  M37-38. Original tablature showed no barline separating these measures.  
  Gaspar had run out of space!  He also showed no rhythm symbol for the final 
  chord.

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.
  M22p2-3s1.
  M23p2s2.
  M24p2s1.
  M25p2s2.
  M26 p2s2, p7s5.
  M27 p2s1, p7s4.
  M28 p2-6s5, p7s5.
  M29p2s2.
  Take a moment to fill out the 16th-note beams.

Explanation of symbols: 
  " = trill, generally starting on upper neighbor. 
  # = vibrato.
  , = mordent, main note to lower neighbor and back to the main note.

Octave doublings: If you play this on a modern guitar, consider adding or 
  substituting the octave above any note played on the 4th or 5th string. 

Leading measures in Sanz's original tablature:
  1 16 26.  Last measure is 38.


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                                   Chacona                                 GS24f: Page 1 of 1.
  Baroque guitar (ADGBE).  Leading measures: 1 10 17 23 29 35.                     Gaspar Sanz

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