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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.


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                                  Allemande.                                FC25: Page 1 of 1.
  Bb D G C F (tuning 1).  Vivement.  Leading measures: 1 10 18 26.           Francois Campion.

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