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:  FC2.
Title:     Prelude a 4 tems.
Composer:  Francois Campion.
Source:    Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
           Page 5(?)
Date:      1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 19.

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

Fixes and modifications and comments (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): 
  M13 sounds wrong to me. I change one note at r3, as follows:
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Tablature elements to be added by hand:
  No slurs in this piece.

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.

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:
  m4r1.

Performance suggestion: straight 8ths, played very freely.

Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
  1 5 9 13. Last measure is 15.

Transcription for modern guitar in standard tuning: Favorite Classic Guitar 
  Solos, Richard Pick, page 9.


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                               Prelude a 4 tems.                             FC2: Page 1 of 1.
  Bb D G C F (tuning 1).  Leading measures: 1 6 12.                          Francois Campion.

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_________4______|______________|_____0__________|________________|______________|_0_____________
________________|_____0___2___.|________________|_0___0__________|_______3______|_______________
________________|______________|________________|________________|______________|_______________

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____|_________4______|________________|________________|_________2______|__3___3________|_3___3_
____|_2______________|___0____________|_0_______1______|_2______________|__2_______2____|_______
____|________________|________________|________________|________________|_______________|_______

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_____0_2|_____________2__|_____2_______1_2|_2_______||__________________________________________
___2____|___2___2___3___3|___2___2___0____|_2_______||__________________________________________
_3______|________________|_3_______2______|_________||__________________________________________
________|_____1__________|________________|_________||__________________________________________
________|_2_______2______|________________|_________||__________________________________________
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