This easy-to-read modern tablature should be completely faithful to Alonso Mudarra's original tablature. Let me know of any errors you find. Donald Sauter.
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Short ID: AM40. Title: Tiento (sexto tono). Composer: Alonso Mudarra. Source: Tres Libros de Musica en Cifras para Vihuela... Libro II, folio XVI verso. Date: 1546. Facsimile: Chanterelle, p106. 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: Fermata on very last chord. Suggested simplifications (if need be): __________________________________ |__________|__________|_3______3_| |_3______3_|_5______5_|_3______3_| |_4_ to ___|_6_ to ___|_4_ to ___| |_3______3_|_5______5_|__________| |_1______1_|_3______3_|_1______1_| |__________|__________|__________| Leading measures in Mudarra's original tablature: 1 11 24. Last measure is 30. *** 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. Tiento (sexto tono). AM40: Page 1 of 1. Vihuela tuning. Leading measures: 1 14 26. Alonso Mudarra. __ ___ ___ ___ _____ _______ ___ ___ __ ___ __ | | | | |. | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-| |-|-|-| | | | | |. | | | | | | |. | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___1__|____|______|_____3_5|_6___5|___3|_5__|_5_3_1_0______|________|______|______|____|_0___2|_ ___1__|_3_6|_5___3|_5_6____|_3_5_6|_3__|_5__|_5_______3_1__|________|______|___0_1|___0|_1____|_ ___3__|_4_3|_6____|_6______|______|_4__|_3__|_3___________4|_3_1____|_____1|_3___1|____|_1____|_ ___3__|_3_3|_5____|_5______|_5___3|____|____|______________|_____3_2|_3____|_3___2|_3__|______|_ ______|_1_5|_3____|_3______|______|____|___0|_0____________|_0______|_5____|______|_5__|_3____|_ ______|____|______|________|______|____|____|______________|________|______|______|____|______|_ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ _3_1__|___0|_1___0|_1_3_5_7|_8_7_8|___7|_8___6|_5______|___1__|________|________|_0_2_3|___1____ _3____|_1__|_1_3__|_1______|_5____|_8__|_5____|___8_6_5|_3____|________|___0_1_3|_____4|___1____ _4___3|_1__|______|________|_____6|_8__|_6____|________|_4____|_______1|_3______|_____4|___3____ ______|____|_3____|_3______|_7____|_5__|______|________|_3____|_0_2_3__|________|_____1|___3____ _1____|_3__|______|________|______|____|______|________|_1___3|________|________|______|________ ______|____|_1____|_1______|______|____|_8____|________|______|________|________|______|________ ___ _____ _______ _____ _______ | | | | | |-| |-|-|-| | |-| |-|-|-| | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ _1__|___0|_1_0__________|______________|_1___||_________________________________________________ _3__|_1__|_1___3_1______|______________|_1___||_________________________________________________ _4_3|_1__|_________4_3_1|______________|_3___||_________________________________________________ ____|____|_3____________|_3_2_0________|_3___||_________________________________________________ _1__|_3__|______________|_______3_1_0__|_3___||_________________________________________________ ____|____|_1____________|_____________3|_1___||_________________________________________________