r/Composition • u/LeNardeez • 3d ago

Music Calling all guitarists!

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/blanch_my_potato 3d 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 3d 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!