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Henkinator

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  1. So I have been playing RS for 6 years or so now. And It is a good way to get started. Unfortunately I am not very good because of RS. Like many people say it is just a moving tab and it's more a game than a teaching tool. Not too long ago, I was asked by a band to start playing bass, because they just could not find anyone. So they were like; this guy can kinda handle a guitar maybe it will work out. What I learnt with the band has made me progress more in the 10 months since than I have in all the years previously playing rocksmith. RS is nice to get a good feeling for the neck of the guitar, some understanding of various techniques like bending and some chords. But, the most important thing is missing: learning to listen. When I used to play the songs I knew, I was overthinking things. Basicly trying to play by visual. You know, 5,7,5 mute this chord that. But that just doesn't work. You need to know the sound of the next note not the visual of the position. I started learning some theory, like knowing each note's name on the fretboard, scales and rootnotes that kinda basic stuff. Then I just started messing around with it. Improvise a little, experiment. Look at songs and discern their structure. And more than anything, listening to what I play not looking. You have to like what you're hearing to get better. And you need to be in the beat to feel a riff come. So my advise, apart from getting a teacher, (which I have never done) is basicly to really listen. Let the music come, don't make it. Also, doing magic mushrooms and playing guitar is eye opening. But that's not for everyone. Hope this helps
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