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From: darsie@eecs.ucdavis.edu (Richard Darsie)

Here's some 400 year old tab for you.

BRANLE -- Jean-Baptiste Besard

Source: "Thesaurus Harmonicus", 1603

Arr. for guitar by Richard Darsie

q = quarter note

e = eighth note

e. = dotted eighth note

s = sixteenth note

All note values hold until modified

q e e. s e

E-----------|---------|----------|---------|---------|---------|----------|
B-----------|---------|----------|---------|---0-1---|---------|----------|
F#----------|---3-----|----------|-------1-|-3-----3-|-1-------|---3------|
D----3--2-0-|-----2-0-|-2--3-2---|-0-2-3---|---------|---3-2-0-|-----2-0--|
A-------0---|-----0---|-0------0-|---------|---------|-----0---|-----0----|
D----0------|-0-------|----------|-0---0---|-0---0---|-0-------|-0--------|

e. s e e s e. s e

E-------------|---------|---------------|----------||---------|----------|
B-------------|---------|---------------|----------||---------|----------|
F#------------|-------1-|-3-------------|----------||---------|-------1--|
D----2--3-2---|-0-2-3---|---2-0---0-2---|-0--2-0---||-0---0-2-|-3---3----|
A----0------0-|---------|-------4-----4-|--------0-||---------|----------|
D-------------|-0---0---|-0-------------|-0--------||---0-----|---0------|

e s e s e

E------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------|---------|---------|
B----------0-|-1---3-1-0---|---------0-1-3-0-|-1-0-1-----|---------|---------|
F#---3---3---|---3-------3-|-2-0-2-3---------|-------3---|---------|-------1-|
D------------|-------------|-2---------------|-----------|-0---0-2-|-3---3---|
A------------|-------------|-----------------|-0-------0-|---------|---------|
D------0-----|-0---0-------|-2---------------|-----------|---0-----|---0-----|

e s e s e

E------------|-------------|---------------|---0-------||
B----------0-|-1---3-1-0---|---------------|-----2-----||
F#---3---3---|---3-------3-|-2-3-2-3-2-0-2-|-3-----3---||
D------------|-------------|-2-------------|-----------||
A------------|-------------|---------------|-0---------||
D------0-----|-0---0-------|-2-------------|-----------||

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