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Short ID:  FC70.
Title:     Menuet Rondeau.
Composer:  Francois Campion.
Source:    Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
           Page 36.
Date:      1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 63.

Tuning:    C D G C F (tuning 6).
Time sig:  3.

Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): 
  M6r1-2 original shown as 4er 4er. Changed here to dotted-4er 8th.
  M15r3-4 original shown as 4er 4er. Changed here to dotted-4er 8th.

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.
    M1 r2s1, r4-5s2.
    M3 r1-3s1, r3-5s1 (connecting slurs).
    M5 r1-2s1, r2-4s1 (connecting slurs), r5s1.
    M10 r4-5s2.
    M13 r1s1, r4s2.
    M15 r1s1, r1s4.

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 (none in this piece).
  $ = used to indicate "Da capo al fine" in this piece.

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 6 11. Last measure is 16.

Transcription for modern guitar in standard tuning: Gitarren Musik des 16.-18. 
  Jahrhunderts - I, Adalbert Quadt, page 56.


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                                Menuet Rondeau.                             FC70: Page 1 of 1.
  C D G C F (tuning 6).  Leading measures: 1 9.                              Francois Campion.

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