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Short ID:  FC13.
Title:     Allemande a 4 tems.
Composer:  Francois Campion.
Source:    Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
           1st manuscript page inserted after page 10.
Date:      1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 27.

Tuning:    Bb D G C F (tuning 1).
Time sig:  C with slash ("cut time" symbol).

Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string):
  M10r7-8 original shown as dotted-4er 8th. Changed to dotted-8th 16th here.

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. 
    M6 r8-9s1.
    M13 r2s5.
    M14 r2-3s1, r7-8s1.
    M15 r4s3.
  Take a moment to fill out the 16th-note beams.

Strums: Arrowheads ^ and v indicate strums. Open strings in strummed chords 
  were not shown in the tablature; add as many open strings as sound good. 
  It's worth re-drawing the ^ arrowhead right at the top of the associated 
  stem.

Repeat path: repeat from m25 back to m12r2.

Explanation of symbols: 
  " = trill (starting on upper neighbor). 
  , = mordent (main note to lower neighbor and back to the main note).
  z = rest. Fill in to make a solid block.

Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar, 
  consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see:
  m13r2-3,r6, m22r1, m23r5 and m24r5.

Performance style: consider playing the piece inegales, that is, with dotted 
  8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel).  In a piece like this, though, that 
  raises the question, what are you supposed to do when you do come to a dot?

Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
  1 4 6 8 12 15 17 19 21 23. Last measure is 26.


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                              Allemande a 4 tems.                           FC13: Page 1 of 1.
  Bb D G C F (tuning 1).  Leading measures: 1 7 12 17 22.                    Francois Campion.

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