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:  FC40.
Title:     Sarabande.
Composer:  Francois Campion.
Source:    Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
           Page 21.
Date:      1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 45.

Tuning:    Bb D G C F (tuning 1).
Time sig:  3.

Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): 
  M8r2 original showed 4er (dot missing). Changed to dotted-4er here.
  M14r2 original showed 4er. Changed to 8th 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.
    M33 r2s1, r4-5s2.

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. 
  Take a moment to re-draw the ^ arrowhead right at the top of the associated 
  stem.

Explanation of symbols: 
  " = trill (starting on upper neighbor). 
  , = mordent (main note to lower neighbor and back to the main note).
  . = do not strum this string in the chord. 

Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar, 
  consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see:
  m35r3.

Performance style: there aren't many 8th-note pairs (see m33), but consider 
  playing them inegales, that is, as dotted 8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet 
  feel). 

Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
  1 8 15 23 30. Last measure is 36.

Transcription for modern guitar in standard tuning: Gitarren Musik des 16.-18. 
  Jahrhunderts - 3, Adalbert Quadt, page 41.


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                                  Sarabande.                                FC40: Page 1 of 1.
  Bb D G C F (tuning 1).  Leading measures: 1 11 21 31.                      Francois Campion.

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