This easy-to-read modern tablature should be completely faithful to Anthoine Carre's original tablature. Let me know of any errors you find. Donald Sauter.
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Short ID: AC15.
Title: Alemande.
Composer: Anthoine Carre.
Source: Livre de pieces de guitarre et de musique.
Page 15.
Date: ca. 1690?
Tuning: Baroque guitar (A D G B E).
Time sig: C.
Fixes, modifications and comments (M=Measure; p=Place in measure; s=String):
Richard Pinnell, in his dissertation on Corbetta, says this Alemande
is similar to Corbetta's on p63 of his 1671 book and on page 47 of his
1643 book. The keys are all the same, but if there is any other
similarity, it is too subtle for me to detect.
M8 original rhythm was 4er 8th 4er 8th 8th. First rhythm changed to
dotted 4er here (using M10 as a model.)
M14p1 original had fret 3 ("d") on s1. Moved to s2 here.
Suggestion for playing last chord in M4:
^ ___ ___
| | | | | |
___v_^_v_^_v_
_3___3_____5|
_3___4_____4|
_____5_____5|
_____5_____.|
_1___3______|
____________|
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.
M2 p4s1, p4s3.
M11 p3-4s2.
M13 p2s2.
M16 p2s2.
M17 p4-6s1 (or perhaps p4-5s1.)
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:
" = trill (starting on upper neighbor).
, = mordent (main note to lower neighbor and back to the main note).
. = do not strum this string in the chord.
Octave doublings: If you are playing on a modern, single-string guitar,
consider adding or substituting the next octave up almost everywhere
you see a 4th- or 5th-string note.
Performance style: consider playing the 8th notes inegales, that is, as dotted
8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel).
Leading measures in Carre's original tablature:
1 4 8 12 17 21 25 29. Last measure is 32.
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Baroque guitar (A D G B E). Leading measures: 1 8 14 22 29. Anthoine Carre.
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______________v_^__________________^____________v_^_v_^_v__________________v____________________
_______0_2|_3_____2_,3__|__________2________|_3___3_____5|_2_3_"3___2|_3_3_____5_6|_8_____1___1|
_____3____|_3__________1|__________3________|_3___4______|_3_________|___3___8____|_5_____1____|
__________|_______2_,3__|___3_"2_0_2________|_____5______|_2_________|_0__________|_5_____2____|
__________|_____________|_0________4________|_____5______|___1__0____|____________|_5_"3_"1____|
__________|_1___________|____________3_"1__0|_1___3______|___________|___1________|_._____3____|
__________|_____________|___________________|____________|___________|____________|____________|
^ __ ___ ^ ___ __ ^ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ __
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______________________________________________________________^_v______^________________________
_1_________1|__1________0|________.____|________________|___0_1_3___5_"3_1|_______0_"0____|_____
_3_____4____|_"1___,3____|______1_3___3|_____3_1_"1____1|_____3___________|___2_3____2___2|_3___
_3__________|__2_________|__0__________|___0______0__3__|_____2___________|___0___________|___2_
_3_______0__|__3_________|__________3__|_1________1_____|_0_______3_______|_______________|_0___
_1___1_3____|_______1_3__|_"1_____1____|________________|______________.__|_0________0____|_____
____________|____________|_____________|________________|_________________|_______________|_____
___ ^ ___ ___ ^ ___ ___ ___ ___ ^ __ ^ ^ __ ___ ___ ^ __ ^ ^ __
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____________________________v_^________^____________________________^___^_v___________________v_
______|_.____||________5|_5_____5_6_8|_6_5______8___6|_5_____1____|_3_1_1____1____|____1__3____|
_3___3|_3____||____7_8__|_7__________|_8___8_6__5____|_6_____1____|_4___4_3_"1____|____3_"3____|
______|_2___*||*________|_7__________|_________"5____|_5_____2____|_3___2____2___2|_,3_3__4____|
___0__|_____*||*________|____________|__________5____|_3_"3_"1___0|_1___3____3____|____3__3____|
______|______||_________|____________|_.________.____|_3_____1____|_1_____________|__1_1__3____|
______|______||_________|____________|_______________|____________|_______________|____________|
^ ^ __ ^ ^ __ ^ ^ __ ^ ___ ___ ^ ___ __ ___ __ ^ ___ ^ __
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_______________v______v____v_____v______________________________________________________________
_3____3___0|_1___"2___3|_____5____|_6_"3___3___5|_"2___8_"6___5|_6___________|_3___6_"5___3|____
_4____5____|_1____1___3|_____3____|_3________1__|__3______7____|_____6_"4___3|_4______4____|____
_5____5____|_2____2___3|_____5____|_3___________|__2___________|_0______4____|_5_0____5____|____
_5____5____|_3________5|_____4____|_5____1______|______________|___0_________|_5______.____|____
_3_"3_3____|__________5|__________|_____________|____0_________|_____________|_3______.____|____
___________|___________|__________|_____________|______________|_____________|_____________|____
___ ___ ^ __ ___ ___ __ ___ ^
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________________________________________________________________________________________________
_2___3___5___5|___3_0_5_"2___2|_,3_______3|_3____||_____________________________________________
___1_____3____|_3_____________|________3__|_3____||_____________________________________________
_____3_0_5____|_______________|__0___0____|_____*||_____________________________________________
_0_______4____|__________0____|____0______|_____*||_____________________________________________
______________|_1___3_________|___________|_1____||_____________________________________________
______________|_______________|___________|______||_____________________________________________