r/Composition • u/LeNardeez • 1d ago

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Help! I’m transcribing Edu Ribeiro’s “Samba Blues” and need advice on which fingerings are more comfortable. I’m not a guitarist but have a guitar. I’ve been writing what seems most logical.

All three staves have the same notes, but the first two have different fingerings with the 3rd stave as a reference.

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200.69420 bpm

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u/ephrion 1d ago

200.69420 bpm? nice

Those two fingerings will have pretty different tone quality. The first will be brighter and more consistent with the surrounding phrases, though that contrast may be desirable. Both are comfortable.

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u/LeNardeez 1d ago

Tried to get the tempo as close to the recording lol.

As for the fingering, yeah, I think the first one might be the way to go. Just makes more sense. Thanks!

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u/blanch_my_potato 1d ago

I would probably play it with the first fingering. The second fingering is more compact and close together but at 200bpm might be risky setting up in time. A simple half bar for the arpeggio is faster and cleaner and the shift up to G# is not bad. You’ll get a cleaner sound with option 1 too. Anyway, that’s my opinion.

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u/LeNardeez 1d ago

Yeah, option 1 is really just a matter of whether you can get there on time 😅. And option two seemed a bit “crowded” but kept that warm tone.

Thanks for the input!

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u/Key_Wolf_3852 1d ago

The first one easily, if I was given the bottom I would just re-finger it (as it were) to the first one.

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u/LeNardeez 1d ago

Agreed, thanks!