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A story. Many years ago, my guitar teacher set me a challenge to learn the guitar solo to “Time” by Pink Floyd. At one point, he pointed out that what I was pla

by moomin 7y ago

A story. Many years ago, my guitar teacher set me a challenge to learn the guitar solo to “Time” by Pink Floyd. At one point, he pointed out that what I was playing was much more easily played with a more efficient fingering. I responded by saying “But that’s not the fingering he’s using, take another listen.” Which is to say: this sounds fun, but the expressivity of a guitar is rarely captured by a MIDI file, which makes it hard to get this “right”.

Sohcahtoa82 7y ago
Yeah, I've seen a lot of bickering over what the "correct" fingering is for some songs that produce the same notes. For example, the repeated two-note riff at 0:17 in Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit [0]. In the top tab for it on UG [1], it's tabbed as: E---1 B-1-- G---- D---- A---- E---- But there are TONS of people in the comments saying it should be: E---- B---6 G-5-- D---- A---- E---- Both are going to play C F, but there's so much fighting over which one is correct, and while I know due to the different thickness of the strings, there's going to be a very subtle difference between them, but I bet most untrained ears won't be able to tell, especially without having the two of them played back-to-back. As a guitar noob, I know I'd be more inclined to play the 1-1 version over the 5-6 version. It's going to be a lot easier to finger. [0] https://youtu.be/hTWKbfoikeg?t=17 https://youtu.be/hTWKbfoikeg?t=17 [1] https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/nirvana/smells-like-teen-spirit-tabs-202727 https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/nirvana/smells-like-tee...
- moomin 7y ago
  In my case, it was a lot easier to work out, since you needed to accommodate note-sliding. But there’s a lot the difference in strings as well. I suspect an experienced guitarist would probably opt for 56, though for the exact same reason: it fits your hand shape. Sometimes what’s easy changes with experience. :)
  - Sohcahtoa82 7y ago
    I'm not experienced, and I'd go with the 11 because I can do it with just one finger. I need to play more Rocksmith. I want to know how to play, but learning just feels so tedious.

by moomin 7y ago

Sohcahtoa82 7y ago

Yeah, I've seen a lot of bickering over what the "correct" fingering is for some songs that produce the same notes. For example, the repeated two-note riff at 0:17 in Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit [0]. In the top tab for it on UG [1], it's tabbed as: E---1 B-1-- G---- D---- A---- E---- But there are TONS of people in the comments saying it should be: E---- B---6 G-5-- D---- A---- E---- Both are going to play C F, but there's so much fighting over which one is correct, and while I know due to the different thickness of the strings, there's going to be a very subtle difference between them, but I bet most untrained ears won't be able to tell, especially without having the two of them played back-to-back. As a guitar noob, I know I'd be more inclined to play the 1-1 version over the 5-6 version. It's going to be a lot easier to finger. [0] https://youtu.be/hTWKbfoikeg?t=17 https://youtu.be/hTWKbfoikeg?t=17 [1] https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/nirvana/smells-like-teen-spirit-tabs-202727 https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/nirvana/smells-like-tee...

moomin 7y ago
In my case, it was a lot easier to work out, since you needed to accommodate note-sliding. But there’s a lot the difference in strings as well. I suspect an experienced guitarist would probably opt for 56, though for the exact same reason: it fits your hand shape. Sometimes what’s easy changes with experience. :)
- Sohcahtoa82 7y ago
  I'm not experienced, and I'd go with the 11 because I can do it with just one finger. I need to play more Rocksmith. I want to know how to play, but learning just feels so tedious.