This easy-to-read modern tablature should be completely faithful to Francois Campion's original tablature. Let me know of any errors you find. Donald Sauter.
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Short ID: FC44.
Title: Gavotte en rondeau.
Composer: Francois Campion.
Source: Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
3rd manuscript page inserted after page 21.
Date: 1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 48.
Tuning: Bb D G C F (tuning 1).
Time sig: C with slash ("cut time" symbol).
Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): none.
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 r2s2.
M3 r4-5s2.
M4 r4s2.
M5 r2-3s2, r5s2.
M6 r2s2.
M7 r4s2.
M8 r2s1.
M11 r2-3s1 (original started on s3).
M12 r2s1.
M13 r2-3s1.
M17 r3s1, r7-8s1.
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).
$ = used to indicate "Da capo al fine" in this piece.
Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar,
consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see:
m10r2 and m14r4.
Performance style: consider playing the 8th notes inegales, that is, as dotted
8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel).
Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
1 4 6 9 12 14 16. Last measure is 18.
Transcription for modern guitar in standard tuning: Gitarren Musik des 16.-18.
Jahrhunderts - 3, Adalbert Quadt, page 42.
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Bb D G C F (tuning 1). Leading measures: 1 8 15. Francois Campion.
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