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Short ID: AM2. Title: Fantasia para desenboluer las manos. Composer: Alonso Mudarra. Source: Tres Libros de Musica en Cifras para Vihuela... Libro I, folio II. Date: 1546. Facsimile: Chanterelle, p27. Tuning: Vihuela tuning. Time sig: Moderato. ("C" on Mudarra's 3rd line. See general Mudarra comments.) Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): All rhythm values have been halved. M5: original rhythm was 8th (8th 8th) 4er (4er). There is a larger than normal gap between the first two fret numbers. Is one missing? Tablature elements to be added by hand: Let ring as long as possible (see general Mudarra comments): M12r1, m30r1, m33r1 s1 and s4. Fermata on very last chord. In this piece, Mudarra supplies some instructions for the right hand. (See the general Mudarra comments.) "de di" = play passage with index finger alone plucking one way and the other. These passages start at m2r1, m16r2, m18r1, m39r1, m44r1, m47r2, m50r3, m52r2. "dos de" = play passage with alternating thumb and index finger. These passages start at m3r1, m5r1, m6r1, m7r2, m8r2, m9r1, m13r2, m41r1, m43r2, m53r2. Leading measures in Mudarra's original tablature: 1 8 16 26 39 46. Last measure is 54. *** Download and edit out all material above and below the tablature. *** See my printing tips in the page, "General comments on the tablature." *** Print out starting with the title line below. Fantasia para desenboluer las manos. AM2: Page 1 of 1. Vihuela tuning. Leading measures: 1 9 16 27 40 47. 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