diddie17

Lots of RR to get up to speed and then the first run on Score Attack was the best. Haven't been able to get close to it since. I'm not a barre chord fan, which translated means I'm not very good at them. Didn't really expect to like the song, but it's actually a lot of fun to play :) Beg Lead - 95.96% Streak - 127Score - 625,223

There's obviously something decidedly dodgy with my bending technique :D. It took me 10 plays to get through score attack without a strike. With so few notes in the song, you only have to miss a couple and the percentage is way down. Beg Lead - 91.62% Streak - 42Score - 214,635

@@Rodman - Thanks, it's good to have some time to play! Got some new strings today and what a difference. I can't believe how screwed the old ones were. Even had a go at the intermediate. Not very successfully as either my fingers are too fat or my technique is crap (alright, I know it's the later) and I was muting the A string with my middle finger. Anyone got any tips, other than "get better"? Anyway, better score on beginners Lead Beg Lead - 98.45% Streak - 217Score - 626,990

With real life commitments, I haven't played in a long time. In fact week 136 was my last submission, but I'm trying hard to find the time to get back playing. I'd got stuck between beginner and intermediate before, not quite able to play intermediate, but promoted out of beginner. Hopefully I can push through it this time. Good to see some of the same people still here. Beg Lead - 95.36% Streak - 82Score - 258,180

Oh well, not as much time as I'd have liked to practice this week, and I can't get through SA in intermediate Lead. I did manage to scrape a LAS score at full difficulty though. Best I can do for now. Int Lead - 78%

I can't play the intermediate song yet, that's going to need some work before I can post a score. I did have a quick crack at the beginner song though. Very easy this week. Beg Lead - 100% Streak - 115 Score - 669,910

Some small improvements. The Int lead song is really too fast for me still, although hopefully I'm getting better with the speed. I had a go at the Beg lead song though and found it pretty easy. Looks like I'm still stuck between levels :) Int Lead - 92.95% Beg Lead - 97.94%

The Int song is really too fast for me again. I'll have to keep working at it though. Int Lead - 91% Beg Lead - 96.01%

I might regret this, but this seems to be one of the easier 5's. Actually, more like a 4 I suspect, and I can post a reasonable score :) . The reason I might regret it, is by posting a score, I avoid the drop back to beginner, and I have been struggling in intermediate. To be fair to everyone though, I can post a score, so I will. There are still a couple of points where I'm struggling with the speed and can't keep up, but there is enough I can play to post a reasonable score. Intermediate lead - 93.9%

Had a quick go at the beginner lead. Like @@Trevellyan82 I struggle with the bit at the end and the couple of other fast bits. Beg Lead - 91.75%

Yo, Didd - that seems to be an philosophical issue. While the ones here prefer to stay in the lower class and make it sound perfect the others get the most advance in their journey being faced with songs slightly above their abilities. I consider myself in-between as i try to play my int class and whenever i have time the adv, too. However this and last weeks int songs are not on the easier int side.... If you wish to return to beg lead just start playing beginner class again, and as your score last week and now are <=79% you are gonna be downleveled next week. @@Mortalo @ @ - what do you think about simplifying the downleveling like that: one score <=79% (or no score) plus a "please level me down" post I do not remember anyone being downleveled in the last year (!) and it would make CCL list servicing easier. Hey @@Rodman, It's a difficult one. Based on previous scores, I seem to be sitting in that higher end beginner (difficulty 3) and lower end intermediate (diffculty 4). There is the odd beginner song that I find really hard, and the odd intermediate song that I find easy. I'm happy to work hard at a song, but there comes a point, generally for me with the difficulty 5's and 6's when the song is more than a bit above my level and the practice becomes counter productive because I'm not getting any improvement or success. In reality, if next weeks song is a 4 difficulty I'm likely to be able to post a score, but you can't set the difficulty of a class around one person. I actually think my issue is speed, and I need to work at it. I really struggled with Simple Plan - Jetlag, just due to the inability (even after learning the fast part) to keep up. Maybe I'm ok on a slower intermediate and struggle on a fast beginner. Whilst I've been battling for a while to get into intermediate and I'm frustrated that I'm likely to be downleveled, I wouldn't change the rules. Maybe the reality is that I'm not ready for intermediate yet, but at the same time, sometimes the beginner class is too easy.

I know this isn't a valid score, but honestly I won't be able to post a score in intermediate. This is too difficult for me. I'll spend my time practising songs I can play rather than getting depressed trying to play songs that are way too advanced for me.

Love both the beginners and intermediate songs this week. The difference is perhaps that I can play the beginners. The intermediate is going to be a struggle :) Love Metric and this song is one of their best Beg Lead - 99.3% Int Lead - 71% http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/36bc/l8uzxsjdfbd65iu6g.jpg