This easy-to-read modern tablature should be completely faithful to Francois Campion's original tablature. Let me know of any errors you find. Donald Sauter.
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Short ID: FC4.
Title: Courante.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
Page 6.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 20.
Tuning: Bb D G C F (tuning 1).
Time sig: 3/2.
Fixes, modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string):
M11r8 microfilm shows sloppy hand-written correction not shown in Minkoff
facsimile. Looks like fret letter d and 8th symbol inserted at this point.
Ignored here as unintended, or at least undesirable.
M12r7s5 the "no strum" dot is extraneous, as no strum is indicated.
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.
M2 r4-5s1.
M3 r2s3, r7s2, r10-11s3.
M4 r5s1.
M5 r4s1, r9-10s1.
M7 r3-4s1, r5s1.
M10 r3s1, r5-6s2.
M11 r2-4s2.
M13 r2-3s2, r5s1.
M14 r4s1.
M15 r3-4s1, r9s1.
M16 r2-3s5.
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, just under the beam if a beam is present.
Explanation of symbols:
" = trill (starting on upper neighbor).
, = mordent (main note to lower neighbor and back to the main note).
# = vibrato.
. = do not strum this string in the chord.
z = rest. Fill in to make a solid block.
Performance style: play straight 8ths in a courante. (The beat is a half note.)
Suggested simplification (if need be):
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|____________|
|_"4______"4_|
|__2_ to ____|
|__________7_|
|____________|
|____________|
Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 4 7 11 14 16. Last measure is 17.
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Bb D G C F (tuning 1). Leading measures: 1 5 11 15. Francois Campion.
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____v_______________________^___________________________________________________________________
____2|_____4_,5_4_2_"0____|_______________________|__________0_2_0____|___________2_0______0____
____2|_______________0___3|_2_______"0___3_2_0____|_____,3_________3_2|_"0___2_,3_____3_"2______
_____|_______________2____|_3_3_2_0____________3_2|_3_0_______________|_________2_______________
_____|____________________|__________4_____0______|_5_________________|__3______________________
_____|____________________|_______________________|______2____________|__________________0______
_____|____________________|_______________________|___________________|_________________________
___ __ ___ ___ ^ __ ___ ___ __ __ __ ^ __ ___ ___ ___ ___
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________________________________________________________________________________________________
_2_4|_#5___5_4___4_2___2|_0___4_5_4_2_0_______|______________||___0|_0___0_2_0___________|_0____
____|__________2_____1__|_2_____________"4___2|_2____________||____|_2_________3_2_,3_0_3|___3__
_2__|__0________________|_2_____0________2____|_2_________z_*||*___|_2_____4_____________|_2____
____|________3_____2____|_0___________________|_0___________*||*___|_0___________________|______
____|___________________|_____________________|______________||____|_.______________2____|______
____|___________________|_____________________|______________||____|_____________________|______
___ __ ___ __ ___ ___ __ ___ ___ ___ ___ ^ ___
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________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________3_0|______2___3_"0___|_0________0_2_______|_____0_2_0_______|_2_5_4_2_"1___0_0____
_2_0_,2___2_0____|______0________,3|_2_3_2_,3_____"2___0|_0_________3_"2__|_2___0____2___2______
____________1____|_"4______________|_______________0____|_1___2___________|_____0____2__________
_________________|__5___1______0___|__________3_________|_________________|_____________________
______0__________|________________2|_1______2___________|______________0__|_0________._2_1______
_________________|_________________|____________________|_________________|_____________________
___ ___ ___ __ ^ __
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________________________v_______________________________________________________________________
_2_0|_________1_,2_"1___2|______________||______________________________________________________
____|_4_______0_____0___2|______________||______________________________________________________
____|_________2__0__2____|___________z_*||______________________________________________________
____|_______________0____|_____________*||______________________________________________________
____|_2_4_2_0____0__.____|______________||______________________________________________________
____|____________________|______________||______________________________________________________