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Short ID: FC30.
Title: Chacone.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
Page 16 (out of order; follows page 17.)
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 39.
Tuning: Bb D G C F (tuning 1).
Time sig: 3.
Fixes and modifications and comments (M=measure r=rhythm s=string):
M325-9 Campion notates 32nds, but in modern notation this is a 16th-note
quintuplet.
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.
M29 r2s2.
M30 r2s2.
M31 r2s3.
M32 r5-7s2, r7-9s1 (connecting slurs).
M40 r2-3s3.
M44 r2-3s3.
Take a moment to fill out the 16th-note beams.
M32 quintuplet indication over last 5 notes.
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, just under the beam if a beam is present.
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.
Performance style: consider playing the 8th notes inegales, that is, as dotted
8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel).
Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar,
consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see:
m7r2 and m32r4.
Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 7 13 17 21 26 31 35 40 44. Last measure is 49.
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Bb D G C F (tuning 1). Leading measures: 1 13 19 27 34 41. Francois Campion.
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