The Water is Wide (Traditional Scottish) - arr. by Frank Perkins (2018) https://www.frankperkins.co.uk/music - frank@frankperkins.co.uk see Notes & Legend below - tab by weed@wussu.com - 26 January 2020 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/anon_the_water_is_wide.mid audio: https://soundcloud.com/weed-49/the-water-is-wide - Frank Perkins standard tuning: E A D G B E key: D major time: 4/4 Tempo comodo (at a moderate easy pace) c2______________________________ c3______________________________ 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|---------2-------2-------2-------|---------3-------3-------3-------| B|---------5-------5-------5-------|---------5-------5-------5-------| G|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----3-------3-------3-------3---| D|-0===============================|-0===============================| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| mf 4 4 cantabile (in a c2______________________________ c3______________ singing style) 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|---------2-------2-------2-------|---------3=======----------------| B|---------5-------5-------5-------|---------5=======--------3--/5-5-| G|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----3---------------2---4--/6-6-| D|-0===============================|-0===============================| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 4 4 1 1 2 2 2 c2______________________ arp. arp. 5 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|--2-------3-------2-------0---0---|---------------------------------| B|--5-----------5---5-------0-------|-3-------0-----------------------| G|*-2---2-----------2-------2-------|-----2-------0---2---------------| D|*-0===============0---------------|---------------------0--h2---4---| A|--------------------------4=======|---------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|-3===============2===============| 2 1 3 1 2 2 4 4 4 3 2 1 7 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|---------------------------------|-------------0---2-------3-------| B|-----------------------------0---|-3-----------3-----------0-------| G|-2===============--------7---6---|---------0-----------0-------0---| D|-0===============----7---9---7---|-----2---------------------------| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|-2===============----------------|-3===============3===============| 2 1 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 3 2 2 2 arp. arp. arp. 9 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-0---------------0===============|=========--------0---2---3-------| B|-------------2---2===============|=========3-------0---0---0-------| G|---------4-------4===============|=========0-------0---0---0-------| D|-----2---------------------------|---------4-----------0-----------| A|-0===============================|-------------------------0-------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| > 1 4 2 2 1 1 2 4 2 rit. C2_____________________arp. arp. 11 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-5===================3---2---0---|---------------------------------| B|-----------------2-------0-----3-|/7===========7---7===============| G|-------------2-----------0-------|---------7-------7===============| D|---------2-----------------------|-----5-----------5===============| A|-----4---------------------------|---------------------------------| E|-2=======================3=======|-7===============7===============| 3 2 2 4...4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 2 2 C2______________________ 13 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|=========5-------3-------0-------|-----------------2---------------| G|=========----0-------0-------0---|-2-----------2-----------2-------| D|=========------------------------|---------4---------------0-------| A|---------4=======2=======--------|-----4---------------------------| E|=========----------------3=======|-2=======================--------| 4 4 3 4 1 1 1 2 M arp. arp. 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|-0-------3-------232-----3-------|-3=======================3=======| G|-2---------------4===============|-0---------------0---------------| D|-0---0---------------------------|-4-----------4-------------------| A|-----------------0===============|-5-------5-----------------------| E|-3===============----------------|-----5---------------------------| 1 3 121 1 1 1 2 4 2 2 4 3 4 1________________________________ 2_________________________________ 17 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|| B|=================--------3--/5-5--|=================================|| G|---------------------2---4--/6-6-*|---------------------------------|| D|---------------------------------*|---------------------------------|| A|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|| E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|| 1 1 2 2 2 Notes & Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "To discover the origins of the song 'The Water is Wide', it is necessary to go back to the 1720s, and look at the old Scottish ballad 'O Waly, Waly'. This song was first printed in 1725 in William Thomson's 'Orpheus Caledonius, or a collection of the best Scotch songs set to Musick'. It has been performed and recorded by countless artists." (Frank Perkins) The tempo of the MIDI is 80 bpm (beats per minute - quarter notes). left hand fingering below the tab - 1 - index finger 2 - middle finger 3 - ring finger 4 - little finger (pinky) === - notes held, length of notes / - slide the note up > - accented, marked, stressed arp. - arpeggiate - ripple upwards from the lowest note to the highest note c2 - part barre on the 2nd fret with the 1st finger C2 - barre on the 2nd fret with the 1st finger c3 - part barre on the 3rd fret with the 1st finger h - hammer-on M - upper mordent (ornament) - play main note, followed by the note above (in the scale), and then return to original note - (may be extended) mf - mezzoforte - moderately loud rit. - ritenuto - slowing down, suddenly slower repeat the section 1____ play the 1st time 2_______ play on repeat |--- ---| |-----------------------| ---|-----------------------| |--- ---| |-----------------------| ---|-----------------------| |*-- --*| |----------------------*| --*|-----------------------| |*-- --*| |----------------------*| --*|-----------------------| |--- ---| |-----------------------| ---|-----------------------| |--- ---| |-----------------------| ---|-----------------------| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the latest version of this tab can be found at http://www.classtab.org if you come across any mistakes please let me know - weed@wussu.com