Author/Artist: Django Reinhardt Title: Improvisation #2 Original Recorded: September 10, 1938 Transcribed Performance: Paul Mehling - September 7 or 8, 1993 Transcribed by: Jim Vence - March 2000 E-Mail: jovation@yahoo.com Uses Drop-D low tuning (DADGBE low to high). The guitar tablature transcription is Django's masterpiece of romanticism, "Improv #2". I transcribed the piece mainly from Paul Mehling's performance, recorded by the Hot Club of San Francisco. The original Django performance was used as a point of reference for melody, not to mention rhythmic flourish. While you cannot tab out rhythm, I suspect this transcription will be used by guitarists with copies of the recording, who will add their own textures to the piece. This document (version 2) was re-released to the Internet on April 25, 2000, using Adobe Portable Document (.pdf) format. Please do not alter without my review. Thanks. 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