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Short ID: AM44. Title: Fantasia (septimo tono). Composer: Alonso Mudarra. Source: Tres Libros de Musica en Cifras para Vihuela... Libro II, folio XX verso. Date: 1546. Facsimile: Chanterelle, p114. Tuning: Vihuela tuning. Time sig: Quickly. ("Phi" on Mudarra's 3rd line. See general Mudarra comments.) Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): All rhythm values have been halved. Tablature elements to be added by hand: Let ring as long as possible (see general Mudarra comments): M22r2. Fermata on very last chord. Suggested simplifications (if need be): __________________________________ |_5______5_|_5______5_|_7______7_| |_1________|__________|__________| |___ to _6_|___ to ___|___ to ___| |__________|_2________|_5________| |_3______3_|________7_|_5______5_| |__________|_5______5_|_3______3_| Leading measures in Mudarra's original tablature: 1 5 8 30 40 57 62 74. Last measure is 86. *** 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 (septimo tono). AM44: Page 1 of 2. Vihuela tuning. Leading measures: 1 14 29 40 52 62. 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