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Another crazy weekend with so many songs! Interesting theme thx @drand I think you could have skipped Lynyrd Skynyrd song, which doesn't fit the concept. Galneryus probably used it because you couldn't find another Masterclass Rhythm path, so I'll say that in the past, when I participated in championships, sometimes Rhytm Masterclass would go without a song for a week if the host couldn't find a good song for that class, so that's acceptable. I played Galneryus song some time ago, but from what I can see, I gave Lead 8 and Rhythm 7, so in my opinion, the ratings are too high (especially compared to other songs by this band which were really difficult!) My first scores and thoughts on difficulty ratings. I should note that I played the CDLC before the update! This is definitely more than a 3.5 in my opinion. I'd give this 4.5, maybe even 5; there are a few awkward chord changes here, like this one: This is definitely easier and very repeatable, so 2.5/3 Pleasant to strum in the choruses. On the other hand, the chords in the verses that (I think) have to be played with fingers are a bit uncomfortable for me, but overall this is 4/4.5. Hmm these arpeggios are not that easy, so this is definitely a 6. But CDLC has been updated and from what Caca writes it is easier so what he writes may be irrelevant 😉 Ahh, what a hit of my childhood. I never thought I'd be playing this in Rocksmith 😄 Actually, there's one difficult short section in the chart where you have to play the bridge quickly. Other than that, it's quite easy. I wouldn't say this is much harder than a song for beginners, I'd give 5, max 5.5. This is an old screenshot from testing so I don't remember the chart. I used to listen to a lot of Coldplay and remember playing the CDLC of this song, but that one was from the early days of Rocksmith and required a capo, if I remember correctly. I didn't even know @cacahuate51 later made a new one! This version sounds really cool and has good quality, but I think it's hard to get a high score playing that repetitive riff. Also an old screenshot.

@drand Unfortunately Voice of Sadness is DEFINITELY not a 10. I don't know why you raised the rating so much. Especially since quite recently (week 639) we played another Galneryus song, Vetelgyus, which was more difficult and had an 8.5 rating 😬

One f***ing note too few to beat @Rodman and I don't have the energy to play this more 😭

Back to the business on bass 😍

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@cacahuate51 Thanks for the week! I haven't played any of these songs before, so let's testing them out! 2.5 https://i.ibb.co/wZM5mdGd/20260125144617-1.jpg This isn't a very interesting chart for the main track, but as a bonus it's ok. 2.5 4.5 This is actually a good chart, it's a pity that it's only a bonus. 4 This is pretty fast. 6 Some parts are playable but others are beyond my abilities... 8.5/9 taking into account the taping parts. 8.5/9

In fact, Eb Standard is just a half-step lower than E Standard (similarly, Eb drop Db is the same for Drop D), so all the notes move down one fret. So it sometimes surprises me why some participants don't play songs in this tuning. I think @johnal only plays E Standard songs, while Eb Standard can be played without any problems on standard strings. Unless it's something to do with the guitar itself and bridge.

MC Lead improvement And Bass I played earlier for testing

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I didn't notice earlier that you were replying in this topic. So, I know I can play guitar as an emulated bass, but for me it defeats the purpose because it doesn't improve my bass playing skills in almost any way. The roller in the tuning peg that holds the tension stopped working. This happened when the bass was not being used. Later, when I tried to play Rocksmith, the tuner showed about -70 on the A string, and I couldn't tune it anymore...

@robolechuga Thanks for the week! I've already played two songs before, so I can start quickly. I agree with @cacahuate51 here. This is definitely harder than 2.5. I'd give this at least a 4. As I mentioned once with another song, I can't imagine playing a chart like that when I was a beginner, it's a crazy amount of finger stretching! Here 5 ok. 7 as I rated earlier. Yes, Galneryus = crazy spped. I really like their melodic riffs/solos, but here I think I like the calm middle part the most.

This would be a great solution if it could be done! @drand I think you raised the rating for Natalia Lafourcade's song, which is fine, but I think it's unnecessary for Oscar Maydon's song, as a 7 is too high. The Int and both Adv songs are quite similar in difficulty, in my opinion. I would perhaps give the beginner lead a 3.5, as the masterclass song is very difficult to rate. It doesn't have a difficult solo, but it's very difficult to achieve a good score, so it might be more of a 9, but I don't know.

The screw on the A string key is broken on my bass, so I can't participate in bass path until I fix it 😢 So guitar improvements Played after the CDLC update. Still similar difficulty, more like 6 than 5.5. It's even easier for me to achieve a high score here. Aside from the short solo, this is quite easy.