"DaveS--The problem that you, and everyone one else, has with tab, is that it is doesn't tell you how the rhythm of is played" ....

Unless you provide the rhythm like Patrick Costello did in his post 13-May-05 9:35am above. Simple and elegant...easy to understand.

"To learn fingerpicking, you have to learn a collection of basic movements that require the coordination of your thumb and various fingers. Nothing that anyone has posted explains how to do them, and(this is the most important part) how to tell if you are doing them right--"

I think Patrick Costello just did in that same post.

As far as knowing if you got it right....if it sounds okay to the player's ears s/he is probably doing it right. Players can tell if they're noting strings cleanly, or plucking strings correctly. Their ears tell them.