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: FC55.
Title: Prelude.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
Page 27.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 54.
Tuning: Bb C G C Eb (tuning 3).
Time sig: C.
Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): none.
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.
M1 r5s1, r7-8s2.
M2 r3-4s3, r7s2.
M12 r3-4s3.
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, just under the beam if a beam is present.
Explanation of symbols:
" = trill (starting on upper neighbor).
, = mordent (none in this piece).
. = do not strum this string in the chord.
Performance suggestion: straight 8ths, played very freely.
Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 4 7 10 13. Last measure is 14.
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Bb C G C Eb (tuning 3). Tres lentement. Leading measures: 1 6 13. Francois Campion.
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