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:  FC31.
Title:     Untitled (Chaconne variations).
Composer:  Francois Campion.
Source:    Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
           1st manuscript page inserted after page 16.
Date:      1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 40.

Tuning:    Bb D G C F (tuning 1).
Time sig:  3 (not shown in original).

Fixes and modifications and comments (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): 
  M9-12 original showed right-hand fingering pmim on each group of 16th notes.
  M13 original rhythm symbol shown above the staff, indicating no strum. 
    Changed here to strum.

Tablature elements to be added by hand:
  No slurs in this piece.
  Take a moment to fill out the 16th-note beams.

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.

Explanation of symbols: 
  . = do not strum this string in the chord. 

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


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                        Untitled (Chaconne variations).                     FC31: Page 1 of 1.
  Bb D G C F (tuning 1).  Leading measures: 1 10.                            Francois Campion.

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