ptabThe Water Is Wide Ed Gerhard#Acoustic Guitar Highlights Volume 3Í Ed GerhardChristopher D. Cuppan Public Domainÿ‚ I learned this song about 10 years ago at the request of my wife. I've forgotten about it over the years but remembered when listening to Gerhard's live album - he does a slightly different arrangement there - and dug out an old recording of it that I did. I had never previously written this out. I believe this to be a traditional Irish or Celtic folk tune. I play and have transcribed this song in a simple dropped-D tuning with a capo at the second fret and in cut-time. Gerhard apparently uses some pretty exotic slack key tunings at times (e.g., No. 11), so I'm not sure if he plays it this way. I like this dropped-D version because the fingerings fall quite naturally under one's fingers. This sounds pretty darn close to his recorded version though. I thought I'd tab this out because I'm not aware of any published tab or sheet music of the song as arranged by Gerhard. His total musical catalog is simply brilliant by the way. I want this (his) song to be noticed and remembered. I have Gerhard's (only?) sheet music book (how I know about the exotic tunings he uses at times), but cannot at all pick up his thumbing patterns on some of his better known, more complex pieces (e.g., Tennessee). I can play this one though (thank the almighty my wife requested one of his easy compositions !). I've added a simulated twelve-string course and contrabass as overdubs to Gerhard's six-string track (he was either using his Somogyi or signature Breedlove six-string). These overdubs are not on the recordings. I've included them because I can't stand how the Powertab playback sounds otherwise on my crappy midi. Gerhard's playing rings like a grand piano and I wanted to attempt (ableit feebily I'm afraid) to add some tonal body like he gets. Hence, the overdubs. This is simple to play technically. Playing it with the exquisite attack and tone of Ed Gerhard is another matter in its entirety. He is unequaled on an acoustic guitar in this capacity. Gerhard is truly masterful at tempo dynamics and he dramatically stretches time in several places. I added fermatas to signify where his tempo becomes so beautifully elastic, but I'm not apparently using this correctly in Powertab because I'm not getting the right duration alterations. You'll have to buy / listen to his recordings to pick up on this. This technique is as important as anything else he plays in The Water Is Wide. 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