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Short ID:  AM47.
Title:     Fantasia (octavo tono).
Composer:  Alonso Mudarra.
Source:    Tres Libros de Musica en Cifras para Vihuela...  
           Libro II, folio XXIIII.
Date:      1546.
Facsimile: Chanterelle, p121.

Tuning:    Vihuela tuning.
Time sig:  Moderato. ("C" on Mudarra's 2nd line. See general Mudarra comments.)  

Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string):
  All rhythm values have been halved.

Tablature elements to be added by hand:
  Let ring as long as possible (see general Mudarra comments): M7r2s1, 
    m9r3, m12r2s4, m40r2, m59r1s1. 
  Fermata on very last chord.  

Suggested simplification (if need be): 
  _____________
  |_9_______9_|
  |_5_________|
  |___ to _10_|
  |_7_______7_|
  |___________|
  |___________|

Leading measures in Mudarra's original tablature:
  1 13 25 37 48 60 73 84 94. Last measure is 95.


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                            Fantasia (octavo tono).                         AM47: Page 1 of 2.
  Vihuela tuning.  Leading measures: 1 16 30 43 54 69.                         Alonso Mudarra.

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  Mudarra.  Fantasia.  Leading measures: 82 94.                             AM47: Page 2 of 2.

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