This easy-to-read modern tablature should be completely faithful to Alonso Mudarra's original tablature. Let me know of any errors you find. Donald Sauter.
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Short ID: AM37. Title: Tiento (quinto tono). Composer: Alonso Mudarra. Source: Tres Libros de Musica en Cifras para Vihuela... Libro II, folio XIII verso. Date: 1546. Facsimile: Chanterelle, p100. Tuning: Vihuela tuning. Time sig: Quickly. ("Phi" on Mudarra's 1st line. See general Mudarra comments.) Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): All rhythm values have been halved. M31r4s2 original showed fret 4. Changed to 5 here. Tablature elements to be added by hand: Let ring as long as possible (see general Mudarra comments): M20r1s5. Fermata on very last chord. Suggested simplification (if need be): ____________ |__________| |_4______4_| |_5_ to ___| |_4______4_| |_2______2_| |__________| Leading measures in Mudarra's original tablature: 1 12 23 33. Last measure is 40. *** Download and edit out all material above and below the tablature. *** See my printing tips in the page, "General comments on the tablature." *** Print out starting with the title line below. Tiento (quinto tono). AM37: Page 1 of 1. Vihuela tuning. Leading measures: 1 14 26 37. Alonso Mudarra. __ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ |. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___0____|_0____|_0______|________|_0_5__|_5____|_2_5|___2_0|____|_0_7|___5____|_0______|____|___ ___0____|_____0|________|________|_____0|_2_4_5|_4__|_2____|___4|_0__|_____9_7|___4_2_0|_2_0|___ _______0|_2_3__|___3_2_0|________|_3____|______|_5__|_____4|_5__|____|________|________|____|___ ___2____|______|________|_2_0____|______|_2____|____|_2____|_4__|_2__|________|________|____|___ ________|______|________|_____4_2|_4____|_0____|_2__|_4____|_2__|____|________|________|_0_2|___ ___0____|_0____|_0______|________|_5____|______|____|______|____|_0__|_0______|________|____|___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________|___2|___0____|________|________|____|____|___5__|___4_2__|________|_2___4|___2_4_2|____ _____0__|_0__|_____4_2|_0______|_____0_2|_3__|_2__|_2____|_______5|_4_2_4_5|______|________|____ ___4___4|____|________|___3_2_0|_2_3____|___0|____|_____2|_3______|_5______|___3_2|_3______|____ ________|____|________|________|_2______|_0__|___3|_4____|________|________|______|________|____ _4______|_2__|_2______|________|________|___2|_4__|______|________|________|______|________|____ ________|____|________|________|________|____|____|_2____|________|________|______|________|____ ___ ___ _____ ___ _______ __ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ ___ ___ ___ ___ | | | | | |-| | | | |-|-|-| |. | | | | | | | | | | | | |. | | | | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ _4______|_2______|_2__________|_0____|_5_4_4|___4_2__|_____0__|_0____|_0_____2|_4_5_7|_4_0__|___ _______2|_4_2_4_5|___4_5_4_2_4|_5___4|_2___0|_______5|_4_2___4|_0____|_____0__|______|______|___ _2_4_5__|________|____________|______|______|_____4__|_5______|_____0|_2_4____|______|_____0|___ ________|________|____________|______|______|________|_4______|_2____|________|______|_2____|___ ________|________|_2__________|______|_0___2|_4______|_2______|______|________|______|______|___ ________|________|____________|_0____|______|________|________|_0____|_0______|_0____|_0____|___ ___ ___ | | | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ _0______|___0|____|_0___||______________________________________________________________________ ________|_4__|___4|_0___||______________________________________________________________________ _2______|_5_4|_5__|_____||______________________________________________________________________ ________|_4_2|_4__|_2___||______________________________________________________________________ _______0|_2_4|_2__|_____||______________________________________________________________________ _0_2_4__|____|____|_0___||______________________________________________________________________