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Short ID: FC25. Title: Allemande. Composer: Francois Campion. Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre. Page 14. Date: 1705. Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 36. Tuning: Bb D G C F (tuning 1). Time sig: C with slash ("cut time" symbol). 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. M4 r2-3s1. M5 r4-5s1. M6 r4-5s2. M7 r4s1. M22 r2-3s1. M23 r2s3. M24 r2-3s2, r5-6s2. 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. Repeat path: repeat from m26 back to m14r3. Explanation of symbols: " = trill (starting on upper neighbor). , = mordent (main note to lower neighbor and back to the main note). z = rest. Fill in to make a solid block. Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar, consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see: m3r3 and m18r3. Performance style: consider playing the 8th notes inegales, that is, as dotted 8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel). Leading measures in Campion's original tablature: 1 6 11 17 22. Last measure is 27. *** 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. Allemande. FC25: Page 1 of 1. Bb D G C F (tuning 1). Vivement. Leading measures: 1 10 18 26. Francois Campion. __ ^ ___ ^ ___ ___ ___ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ____v___________________________________________________________________________________________ _____|_______0|____0_2_4|_5_4_2_4_0|_5_0_2_3_2|_"0_________|_____0_2_0|_________|___0____2|_____ ____2|___2_3__|_"2______|__________|_____3____|____3_"2_3_2|_2_3______|_3_2_"0_2|_3___"2__|_"4__ ____3|_______2|________2|_0________|_____3____|_______0____|__________|_________|_0_2____0|__5__ ____3|________|_________|___2___3_1|_0___1____|__3_________|_3_1_0____|_1____3__|_________|_____ _____|___0_2__|__0_0_0__|__________|___0______|____________|__________|_________|______0__|_____ _____|________|_________|__________|__________|____________|__________|_________|_________|_____ __ ^ __ ^ | | | | | | | | | |. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ _0_2_4|_5_4_"2_4|_"0_2_"2___0|_1st___________||_2nd________5_4|_2_0_2_0|_______0|_____0_2|_0____ ______|______0__|_______0____|_End___________||_End___________|________|_3_2_0__|_2_3____|___3__ ______|_0______2|____________|______2_____z_*||______2________|________|_____2__|________|______ _0_2_3|___3_____|__0_________|______3_______*||______3________|_____1_0|_______3|_____0_1|_0____ ______|_________|____0_______|______2________||______2________|________|_2_0____|_0_2____|___2__ ______|_________|____________|_______________||_______________|________|________|________|______ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ ^ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |. | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____|___0_2_0|________0|_2_2_4_4|_5_4_2_"0__|___________|_0__________|______________|_1st_______ _2_2|_3______|_3_2_"0__|________|__________3|_"2_____2_3|___3_2_3_2_0|_"2___0_"0____|_End___2___ ___1|_0______|_________|________|_0_0____2__|____1_0____|_________2__|_________2___3|______,3___ ____|___3_1_0|______3_0|_1___3_0|__________3|________3_1|_0__________|____1____3____|_______3___ _0__|________|_2_0_____|___2____|___________|__0________|___0___2____|__0___________|_______0___ ____|________|_________|________|___________|___________|____________|______________|___________ ^ __ | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____||_2nd___________||_________________________________________________________________________ ____||_End___2_______||_________________________________________________________________________ ___*||______,3_____z_||_________________________________________________________________________ ___*||_______3_______||_________________________________________________________________________ ____||_______0_______||_________________________________________________________________________ ____||_______________||_________________________________________________________________________