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:  AC45.
Title:     Air de balet.
Composer:  Anthoine Carre.
Source:    Livre de pieces de guitarre et de musique.
           Page 45. 
Date:      ca. 1690?

Tuning:    Baroque guitar (A D G B E).
Time sig:  Cut (slashed "C".)

Fixes, modifications and comments (M=Measure; p=Place in measure; s=String): 
  None.

Comparison of Guitar 1 melody with the Treble part: 
  Pieces in this big suite have four parts: Guitar 1 and Guitar 2; and Treble 
  and Bass parts written in music notation.  The upper line of Guitar 1 
  and the Treble part are so consistently identical, that it seems they are 
  supposed to be identical.  Thus, discrepancies may be of interest.  
    M16 beat2: Treble has a single 4er note, F.  Guitar 1 has two 8th 
    notes, F G.

  IF you want the Guitar 1 melody to correspond EXACTLY to the Treble part...
    DO NOT STRUM the 1st string in the following chords.  Write "." in the 
      tablature at: m7p1 m9p1 m21p1.
    DO STRUM the 1st string in the following chords.  Write "0" in the 
      tablature at: m2p3.
    Note that the melody note is found WITHIN the chord at: m13p1s3.

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.
    M6 p3s1.
    M10 p4-5s1.
    M11 p3-4s1.
    M12 p3-4s2.

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).

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:
  Stand-alone:   1  5 10 14 19.  Last measure is 21.
  Within suite: 16 20 25 29 34.  Last measure is 36.


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                                 Air de balet.                              AC45: Page 1 of 1.
  Baroque guitar (A D G B E).  Leading measures: 1 10 17.                      Anthoine Carre.

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___3|_"0________|_________|___________|_____________|_____1_0_______|________||___|_____"0___1|_
___1|______3_1_1|_,3_0_1__|_"0___1_3__|___0_1_"0___0|_1_______"3___1|_1______||__0|_1_3_______|_
____|________2__|________2|__0_______0|_2___________|__________0____|_______*||*__|___________|_
___2|________2_3|__0_____4|___________|________2____|_____3_________|_2_____*||*__|_2_________|_
___3|__3________|______0_0|________2__|_0___0_______|_3_0___________|_3______||___|_3_2__3____|_
____|___________|_________|___________|_____________|_______________|________||___|___________|_

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_0___0_1_0_1_3|_5___3_5_3_"1_0|_____________|___3_"3___2|_3___5__|_3_"1_0_1___0|___0_1_3_"0____|
___3_________1|_____5_________|_"3_____0_1_3|_0_________|________|________3____|_3____________3|
______________|_______________|_____________|_0_________|________|________2____|_______________|
_2_____0_____2|_3_____________|__0__________|___________|_2___3__|_2___________|_______________|
_____________3|_______________|______0_____2|______0____|________|_____________|_2________3____|
______________|_______________|_____________|___________|________|_____________|_______________|

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_____0______|_3_3_3_"1_0|_1_"0___0_______|______________|________||_____________________________
_1_3___1_3__|___________|_3____4___3_"1_0|_,1___3_"3___1|_1______||_____________________________
___________0|_0_________|_2______0_______|______________|_______*||_____________________________
_2__________|_____2_____|________________|_________3____|_2_____*||_____________________________
_____3___2__|___________|________________|__0___________|_3______||_____________________________
____________|___________|________________|______________|________||_____________________________