A bourrée is a dance often found in the baroque suite having two half note (minim) beats to the bar – it has a moderate to fast tempo and begins on the last quarter note of the bar. Arranged for an acoustic guitar duet with conventional notation and tab scores in place this particular this example shouldn’t be played too quickly and a tempo of around 60 half note (minim) beats to the minute is suggested. Ornaments are in place and sound on the playback score. How they are to be played is shown on ossia staves in the music score. Players have the choice of reading the music from the full score or the appended parts. Accompaniments are in place sounding at 58, 60 and 62 half note or minim beats to the minute featuring both acoustic guitar 1 and guitar 2 parts. Repeats are not played.
