GILSAW - for fiddle and clawhammer banjo (tablature)

Below are two versions of the tune "Gilsaw", one for fiddle and the other
for clawhammer banjo. This is the most pleasant tune I have run into in
quite some time.

These are written in ascii -- I see any form of musical notation as
merely a tool to enable one to as quickly as possible get the tune in
their heads -- where it belongs. While the appearance and form of the
transcribed music here departs from "normal", all necessary info is
nonetheless intact and quite easily grasped.
 
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                                  FIDDLE

                             Gilsaw - Key of D



                                         .
     ,----------------,----------------,----------------,----------------,
     |sl-1            |                |                |                |
     |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
     | !              |                |      _         |         *      |  
     |-!---------O----|-------O--------|-!---O-!--------|-O---O-O-O------|
     | O.      O   O  |     O   O      | !     !       O|   O       O    | 
     |---------------O|---O------------|-O-----O-----O--|-------------O--|
     |                | O         O   O|           O    |                |
     '----------------'----------------'---------O------'----------------'
                                    O                                   O

                                    __
                                   !  !
                                  -O- !  
                                      O                O                  
     ,----------------,----------------,-O--------------,-O--------------,
     |hsl-1           |                |     O       O  |     O     .    |
     |----------------|----------------|---O------------|---O------O-----|
     | !              |         !      |       O   O    |       O  !     |  
     |-!---------O----|-------O-!------|----------------|----------!-----|
     | O.      O   O  |     O   O      |         O      |                | 
     |---------------O|---O------------|----------------|----------------|
     |                | O              |                |                |
     '----------------'----------------'----------------'----------------'
                                                                   REPEAT




     sl-2
       !   /!
       !    ! *       hsl-2     **        ****            *
  ---,-O----O-O-------,----------------,-------O--------,----------------,
   O | !.       O     | O.      O.     | O   O   O      |             O  |
  -!-|-O----------O---|-!-------!------|---O-------O----|-------------!--|
  \! |                | !       !      |             O  |         !  \!  |  
  ---|----------------|----------------|---------------O|-O-----O-!------|
     |              O |                |                |   O O   O.     |
  ---|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
     |                |                |                |                |
  ---'----------------'----------------'----------------'----------------'




                                    __
      sl    _                      !  !
       !   ! !                    -O- !  
       !   ! O         hsl-2   **     O                O                  
     ,-O---O---O------,----------------,-O--------------,-O--------------,
     |                | O.     O       |     O       O  |     O     .    |
     |-------------O--|-!------!-------|---O------------|---O------O-----|
     |                | !      !       |       O   O    |       O  !     |  
     |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------!-----|
     |           O   O|                |         O      |                | 
     |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
     |                |                |                |                |
     '----------------'----------------'----------------'----------------'
                                                                   REPEAT


                                  
                                  NOTES:
                                  
sl    = Slide into the note from the note below

sl-1  = Slide into the A note from string below while droning on the open
        A string
       
sl-2  = Do the slide on the E string only, while your ring finger remains 
        on the D note on the A string
       
hsl-1 = While playing the open A string as a drone, play the F# on the 
        D string with middle finger, then slide up to A, on the D string,
        using your ring finger
        
hsl-2 = While playing the open E string as a drone, play the C on the
        A string with middle finger, then slide up to E on the A string
        using your ring finger
        
****  = How to play these first 3 notes:  
        While playing the open E string as a drone, and with your ring
        finger playing the E note on the A string, slide your ring finger
        down to the D note then slide it back up to the E note
              
              
*     = "1/2 trill      !         
         (a.k.a.        !  <- this note played quickly
          "grace       -o-             
           note)          O                                                 
                          !  <- main note            
                          !

                                  
**    = Play open E string and E note on the A string in unison here


.     = This dot (above the 3rd measure in the first line) means 
        "stacatto" -- that is, play the note and very quickly shut it up.


Note: I play this tune in EADA tuning (high to low) for the quite
      noticeable sympathetic resonance of the "unused" low string (tuned 
      up to A). Gotta air a gripe here --- Please use the old tunings! I 
      see a lot of people, out of laziness or ?, playing things in 
      classical EADG tuning when it would sound better & often be more
      historically appropriate to use a variant tuning.

        
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                                   BANJO

                Tablature for my banjo version of "Gilsaw"
                        Straight "G" tuning (gdgbd)
                    
sl = slide; t = thumb; h = hammer-on; s = sustain (hold previous note)



          t   h   t    h   h    t          t     h        t  h    3 
     sl  _    _ _ _    _ _ _   _ _ _      _      _       _ _ _   _ _ _
      : : :  : : : :  : : : : : : : :  : : :  : : :     : : : : : : : :
   ,--o-o-:--o-2-o-:,-:-:-o-2-o-:-:-:,-:-2-:--:-:-:---,-2-:-2-5 2-:-:-:,
   |--3-3-:--------1|-o-1-------o-:-:|-1---1 -:-1-3---|---3-------3-1-o|
   |----o-:---------|-------------o-s| -------2-------|----------------|
   |------:---------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
   '------o---------'----------------'----------------'----------------'
     



          t   h   t    h   h       t     t   t   t   t    t   t      t
     sl  _    _ _ _    _ _ _     __     _ _ _   _ _ _    _ _ _     __   
      : : :  : : : :  : : : : : :  :   : : : : : : : :  : : : : : :  :  
   ,--o-o-:--o-2-o-:,-:-:-o-2-o-12-:-,-9-:-7-:-o-:-7-:,-9-:-7-:-:-o--:-,
   |--3-3-:--------1|-o-1----------13|---8---7---7---7|---8---7-8-8--:-|
   |----o-:---------|----------------| ---------------|-----------o--:-|
   |------:---------|----------------|----------------|--------------:-|
   '------o---------'----------------'----------------'--------------o-'
                                     
                                                                 repeat

         t               t     h        h    t   t     t         t
        _   _ __ _      _      _        _   _ _ _     _ _ _     _
     : : : : :  : :  : : :  : : :    : : : : : : :   : : : : : : :
   ,-9-9-:-9-:--9-:,-7-7-:--7-:-:--,-7-7-9-7-:-4-:-,-2-:-o-s-o-o-:-,
   |---8-:---10---8|---7-:----7-8--|---------8---5-|---3-------o-:-|
   |---o-:---------|-----:---------|---------------|-----------o-:-|
   |-----:---------|-----:---------|---------------|-------------:-|
   '-----o---------'-----o---------'---------------'-------------o-'
     


         t               t        t     t   t   t   t    t   t      t
        _   _ __ _      _       __     _ _ _   _ _ _    _ _ _     __   
     : : : : :  : :  : : :  :  :  :   : : : : : : : :  : : : : : :  :  
   ,-9-9-:-9-:--9-:,-7-7-:--7--12-:-,-9-:-7-:-o-:-7-:,-9-:-7-:-:-o--:-,
   |---8-:---10---8|---7-:--------13|---8---7---7---7|---8---7-8-8--:-|
   |---o-:---------|-----:----------| ---------------|-----------o--:-|
   |-----:---------|-----:----------|----------------|--------------:-|
   '-----o---------'-----o----------'----------------'--------------o-'

                                                                 repeat
                                                                 
Note - Sorry that this is shown in the key of G, whereas the fiddle 
       version above is in D! It just seems to "fit" better better in
       D on fiddle and G on banjo.