NOTICE FROM DWIGHT:This tablature was very, very generously worked out and included by Gordon Banks when he set up the web page for me several years ago. I have included it here as a service. As Gordon states, he doesn't use tab himself. I wanted to let it be known that I generally have observed students using tablature to emphasize the wrong thing which ultimately destroys their music. Contrary to 'expert' opinion, the music is not about notes, drop thumbs, pulloffs, hammers-onses, more tunes, etc. Listen to the old people, and you wlll start to catch on to what the music is about: Rhythm -- the thing that is impossible to teach. A student has to CATCH rhythm. First VERY, VERY CAREFULLY develop a strong rhythm and then CAREFULLY start to learn to insert your notes into it using these tabs as a guide. These only point in a general direction for you. True music can never be cloned. You must develop your own rhythms deep inside, and then let what comes out resonate with your spirit, soul, and body. You are your own person. Plan on spending much time letting your story surface within the particular tradition of the music that suits you. Then it will be honest and good, no matter where you are technically. I am not against tab, but I am against anything that stands in the way of a person developing their own personal music.

Gordon says: Dwight doesn't use or write tablature, but some students have found it helpful, including myself. I don't play by tablature, but I do use it as a method of remembering how Dwight plays a piece. I don't guarantee that these are completely accurate. I did the best I could, but Dwight's rhythms are often very complex and so just consider these as a guide, not definitive. Remember that Dwight thumbs the thumbstring to some extent on almost every stroke. Often I've omitted the thumbstring strikes here to simplify.

Note: When you click on one of the tunes in the table below the tab will open in a separate window. This window will stay open all the time -- just move or close the tab window and you'll see this one again.

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