This easy-to-read modern tablature should be completely faithful to Francisco Guerau's original tablature. Let me know of any errors you find. Donald Sauter.
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Short ID: FG4.
Title: Passacalles de 2o. tono. Proporcion. 16 diferencias.
Composer: Francisco Guerau.
Source: Poema Harmonico.
Folio 5.
Date: 1694.
Facsimile: Tecla, p27.
Tuning: Baroque guitar (A D G B E).
Time sig: 3.
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.
M3 r1-2s2.
M14 r1-2s2.
M16 r1-2s1.
M45 r2-4s4, r6-8s4.
M46 r1-3s3, r4-6s2, r8-10s2.
M47 r2-4s1, r6-8s1.
M48 r2-4s1, r2-4s3.
M49 r2-4s1, r5-7s1, r8s4-m50r1s4.
M50 r2s3-r4s2.
M51 r2-4s1, r2-4s3, r5-7s1, r5-7s3, r8s2-m52r1s2, r8s4-m52r1s4.
M52 r2-4s2, r2-4s4.
M53 r2s3-r9s3.
M54 r3s2-r9s1.
M55 r3s2-r9s1.
M56 r2s3-r9s2.
M57 r3s3-r9s2.
M58 r1s4-r4s3, r5-8s3.
M59 r2s4-r8s3, r9s5-m60r4s4.
M60 r5-12s1.
Arrowheads ^ indicate strums. See m1 and m49. It's worth re-drawing the ^
arrowhead right at the top of the associated stem.
Take a moment to fill out the 16th-note beams.
Explanation of symbols:
" = trill, generally starting on upper neighbor. On 8th and dotted 8th
notes, consider a shorter, 3-note figure - main note to upper neighbor
and back to the main note.
, = mordent, main note to lower neighbor and back to the main note.
Leading measures in Guerau's original tablature:
1 15 28 39 48 56 63. Last measure is 64.
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Baroque guitar (A D G B E). Leading measures: 1 9 18 25 32 39. Francisco Guerau.
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