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Title: Passacalles
Composer: Gaspar Sanz
Source: Instruccion de Musica sobre la Guitarra Española
Location: Tomo 2, page 5, 3rd piece ("c") on page.
Short ID: gs2.5c
Date: 1675
Tuning: Baroque guitar (A D G B E).
Time sig: C
FOR BAROQUE GUITAR: This tablature is faithful to Sanz's original for the
Baroque guitar. It has been flipped "right-side up." Continual rhythm
information is shown. If you have a modern guitar, consider adding or
substituting the octave above any note played on the 4th or 5th string.
In strummed chords, add as many open strings as sound good. Or, try
the ready-to-go version for MODERN GUITAR.
Fixes to the original (m=Measure; p=Place in measure; s=String):
M16 alignment of fret numbers was not clear. It was hard to distinguish
between
_________________________
|__0____0|_0____0|__0___0| I went with the 2nd choice here.
|____2___|___2___|____2__| (Note that p3 in that measure is a
|________|_______|_______| likely spot for adding the high octave.)
|_0____0_|_0___0_|_0____0|
|________|_______|_______|
|________|_______|_______|
M8p1s1 original showed a mordent symbol (lower grace note). Mordent
eliminated here since it's hardly possible.
M17p4 original had no strum mark. Up-strum added here.
M18 is an example of a passage in Sanz that leads people to wonder if
he had a high G string on his 3rd course.
Explanation of symbols:
" = trill, generally starting on upper neighbor.
# = vibrato.
, = mordent, main note to lower neighbor and back to the main note.
^ = up strum (toward treble).
v = down strum (toward bass).
z = rest symbol.
~~~~~~ = slur the notes above the wavy line.
Leading measures in Sanz's original tablature:
1 12. Last measure is 20.
Passacalles
Gaspar Sanz
Baroque guitar (A D G B E). Leading measures: 1 10 17. Short ID: gs2.5c
___ ___ ^ ^ ___ ^ ___ ___ ^ ^ ___ ^ ___ ___ ^ ^ ^ ___ ___
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
________________v__________v____________v__________________________v___v____v___________________
___________0|_1___2_0_2|_3__________|_3___3____|_1___||_5_3_1_0|_1___5__|_3__________|___0____|_
_____3_2_3__|_3___1____|_3__________|_3___2_0_2|_3___||________|_3___3__|_3___3_1____|_____2__|_
____________|_2___2____|____________|_____2____|_2___||________|_2___5__|_3_______3_2|_0___0__|_
____________|__________|_____3_2_0__|_____2____|_____||________|_____4__|_5___0______|________|_
____________|__________|_1_________3|_1________|_____||________|________|____________|_1_____0|_
____________|__________|____________|__________|_____||________|________|____________|________|_
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ^ ___ ^
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
________________________________________________________________________________________________
___||____________|___0_1_0________|_3______________|_0______________|_1___||_0_____0|_1___0_5___
_3_||_1__________|_3_______3_1____|________________|___3_2_0________|_3___||___2____|_3_____3___
___||___3_2_0____|_____________3_2|_3_2_0__________|_________2_0____|_____||________|_2_____5___
_0_||_________3_2|_0______________|_______3_2_0____|_____________3_2|_0___||_0___0__|___0___4___
___||____________|________________|_____________3_1|_0______________|_____||________|___________
___||____________|________________|________________|________________|_____||________|___________
___ ^ ___ ___ ^ ___ ___
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
________v_______________________________________________________________________________________
____|_3_____2____|_3_____0____|_1_______||_()___________________________________________________
____|_3__________|_3_2_3___3_2|_3_______||_()()_________________________________________________
_3__|_3___0___0__|_3__________|_________||_()()()_______________________________________________
____|____________|____________|_0_______||_()()_________________________________________________
___0|___________0|_______0____|_________||_()___________________________________________________
____|____________|____________|_________||______________________________________________________