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The nice thing about high variance tracks is that sometimes you have big breakthroughs. http://i.imgur.com/TUhvj5s.jpg And a bonus screenshot of my phrase status. I keep screwing up the little slidey bit on the high e string for some reason and slide to the 15th fret rather than the 16th, so that should be an easy place to cut out a few misses. The middle octave chords thing I forgot to go to the 10th fret so picked up a couple unnecessary misses there. Also felt like I butchered the last solo a bit more than I usually do. With a bit more practice I think I can hit 94% on this (~8 fewer misses). Might be able to do more by the end of the week if I find time to just keep drilling myself on these solos during the week. I'm coming for you, @@then3verend...

Cannonball 94.65%. Definitely not my kind of music but I like the different style of bass. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=603119491 And this one is probably my proudest moment so far on Rocksmith. This is the first time I manage to complete HSA on Mr. Big! Yeaaah!!! http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=603147383 And I still gots 5 days to improve! L

Gonna have to riff repeat that pull off run up the strings. Keep messing up the rhythm and getting lost

Sorry albatrosshttp://oi64.tinypic.com/35iumxd.jpg and I'm just getting warmed up

I can do better

Bass - Prince of Persia Meets Metal - 97% - http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/543048741644884808/1341BE452B8949054D72EF4D901AA0C18FA4A6BF/ With Video... It was super tough doing the fast parts on the upright. Something else to work on. :)

Good cdlc. Fun to play. http://i.imgur.com/nbjgR55.jpg

Little update. Not such a big progress. Sad. Will try again tomorrow.. and after... and after.... http://i.imgur.com/3vhD1c5.jpg http://i.imgur.com/s64MFo0.jpg

My tribute to mr. Bowie. http://i.imgur.com/tJLKn1e.jpg

I decided to play the stupid chord like a E7 with the open e , Rocksmith accepts it really good and my ears think it sounds fine that way. I still don't really know what my plucking hand is doing on that arpeggio bit. But my fret hand pinky could not handle that much RR before it got tired. So i went with a slow strum that feels wrong, I'm going to find a better way later. http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Mr.%20Big%209082_zpsum9yuc8c.jpg

I should to try everything =) I can't play beg rhy above 84% =( yeat http://i.imgur.com/79Wx040.jpg http://i.imgur.com/t0hxHxM.jpg

RS registers the E7#9 everytime without the A string http://up.picr.de/24328491hl.jpg Those pitched slides are fatal, with a better solution 100% 'd be no problem http://up.picr.de/24328492fg.jpg

-= weekly leaderboard update =- players listed: 95 (>) leader changes: @@MonstaS4 - Int Lead @@Vodka - Beg Rhy (tied with @Viltaire) @@koffein - Int Rhy @@kb10 - Int Bass CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! http://i64.tinypic.com/mjocx4.jpg HAVE A GREAT WEEK, EVERYONE!!

Rhythm, like having small fills that test my speedyness in rhythm, should happen more often :) http://oi64.tinypic.com/30241vd.jpg and a + on lead http://oi64.tinypic.com/29kqla9.jpg

Some guitar playthroughs. Adv lead: http://i.imgur.com/QO23mA1.jpgThe chord's pretty awkward, but I'm OK at getting RS to recognize it. Spazzy picking hand strikes again during the arpeggio part (for what it's worth, I mostly downpicked everything given the string order). Some of the pitched slides during the arpeggio section don't make sense given the hand positions (finger 1 position to finger 3 position) and probably should be unpitched anyway. MC rhythm: http://i.imgur.com/McgEZTU.jpg MC lead: http://i.imgur.com/m3Xvr9v.jpg So, this was actually on my first playthrough, and since then despite lots of RR (especially on that big solo run based around the whole/half diminished scale) but haven't been able to improve. I think a lot of that's because the lead parts are (for me) of extremely high variance. Even at 80% speed I can go from 4 misses to 25, or at 96% speed (haven't done much practice at full speed yet) I can go from 14 to 40. Some of this comes down to the extreme speed (most of it is at 16th note triplets at 150 bpm, or ~15 notes per second), which neither my picking hand or my fretting hand is used to (fretting hand intensive bass stuff often tops out at 16ths at 180 bpm or so, and even that's pretty rare), some of it's the triplet feel which seems to confuse my picking hand a bit at that speed, some of it's the fretboard positioning and small fret spacing (often a majority of my misses come after it moves exclusively to the e string). Definitely gives me a lot to chew on. I feel like I should be able to make lots of progress on this, but that might only be apparent with the speed in RR that I can hit 100%, rather than showing up in my accuracy percentage at full speed.

First goes and first impressions: http://i.imgur.com/koLkZHR.jpg For some reason, I thought it'd be a great idea to play this song I have never heard before with no guitar audio! Let's just say that performance was anything but dazzling. The chord shapes are all easy but the speed and strumming patterns sure are hard for Intermediate. http://i.imgur.com/fpHDsQe.jpg Solid vocalist, solid tune. Was nailing it, and then suddenly arpeggios. http://i.imgur.com/UT503wu.jpg Video games! I had a blast with Sands of Time back in the day. Mmmm, that tone is delicious. http://i.imgur.com/7KzskAu.jpg I was never a huge David Bowie fan, but I really respected his prowess and his intrepidness to be whatever he wanted to be in a time that was much more judgemental of people who acted atypically. Here's to you, Ziggy. What's most comfortable for me is index on G string, middle barring A and D, and the other two on the other two. If you've got a buff pinkie, you could bar B/E with it and finger the rest like a standard E major. :muscle:

2nd - lots better .. http://i64.tinypic.com/vrssif.jpg noe lets hope those 4 austrians have some good skiflights at the Championship

1st: How do you guys play a chords like this one? http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/th_Chord_zpscjnllvw1.jpg I cant for the life of me bar the 3rd fret on b and e without muting something else. There is no problem getting note recognition with muted notes or even with leaving either e or b open tho. Sometimes Rocksmith is just a little to lenient. 2nd: How do you strum the long arpeggio part? I did it with all downstrums now but it felt weird and sounded awful even when i hit the right notes. crappy score. I'm hoping for a big improvement on this. http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Mr.%20Big%2078_zps9qci6s7h.jpg

why does the beginner lead seem so hard??? oh well, time to work; cannonball lead: http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/365156556363264135/6F33CE9C16659C6B204F11353EC9E019B957525B/ at least this is a ok start mr. big rhythm: http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/365156556363264735/6F3A3BCFE5C7AD7D3011574AB997C94A724E2680/

- Week 117 - - new crazy week, let's get the challenge started - READ THIS FIRST =>> How and Why to Join the Championships Read this second =>> Rocksmith 2014 Championship Rules Last weeks winners: Lead: Beginner: @@Sebastien92 Intermediate: @@koffein Advanced: @@Gamut Masterclass: @@then3verend Rhythm: Beginner: @@Vodka Intermediate: @@koffein Advanced: @ Masterclass: N/E Bass: Beginner: @@slooker Intermediate: @@kb10 Advanced: @@genobadass Masterclass: @@albatross213 Congrats to all the winners Honorably Mentions to @@albatross213 and @@fiddlesticks for achieving 100% on MC bass. Here is by @ and here is by @@NoonyDeloony. This weeks songs are: Lead Path: Beginner: The Breeders - Cannonball (3) chosen by @@fiddlesticks Intermediate: The Fratellis - Henrietta (5) chosen by @ Advanced: Free - Mr. Big (7) chosen by @@lduperval Masterclass: Eric Calderone - Prince of Persia Meets Metal (9) chosen by @@firekorn Rhythm Path: Beginner: The Breeders - Cannonball (3) Intermediate: Free - Mr. Big (4) Advanced: - Masterclass: Eric Calderone - Prince of Persia Meets Metal (7) Bass Path: Beginner: Eric Calderone - Prince of Persia Meets Metal (2) Intermediate: The Breeders - Cannonball (5) Advanced: The Fratellis - Henrietta (8) Masterclass: Free - Mr. Big (9) Share with us your opinion on this weeks songs difficulty scores (1-10). Instead a Da Capo Challenge we add the next Exercise Exercise Challenges: 1st Exercise: Blues Comping 1 in A major shuffle 2nd Exercise: Blues Comping 2 in A major - straight 8ths 3rd Exercise: Blues Comping 3 in G major Everyone can bring up new scores that will be added to the exercises scoreboards Tribute to David Bowie: + 10.01.2016 DAVID BOWIE - CHINA GIRL chosen by @missis sumner Honorable list Diehard Member:albatross213@diddie17fiddlesticksfranfitGamutgenobadasskoffeinMaZtoRMetalocalypsemissis sumnerMonstaS4MortaloNacholedeNoonyDeloonyRodmanSebastien92Tango@then3verendVodkaHonorable list FreeBird Member: Participating as a FreeBird, without a class ;) 2groggyfrippchenP.s. Please, see changes in Championship Class Lists!

Glenn Frey - founding member of The Eagles, passed away today at the age of 67. Man, just not fair. What a shitty year!

Could be because the arrangement has the tone set to the default one, as far as I'm aware that freezes the song/game when you start it. Just unpack the file and reimport the arrangements with the toolkit to check if it still has a tone different than the default one assigned to it

Looks like the Megadeth songs are going to be Holy Wars Peace Sells Tornado of Souls Trust A Tout le Monde Have to be honest and say I don't know Trust. Couldn't even tell you what album it's on! Kind of surprised by that, but I hope it lives up to the level of the others!

First I'd like to thank all of you for contributing to this community, CustomsForge has really improved my guitar skills and is a very polished site. A minor change I would make to the CDLC is including a logout option, since I notice it still keeps you logged in even if you log out of this forums part of the website. I'm rather compulsive about logging out of everything in my browser but again, it's probably not a big deal for most people and may not pose as a huge security risk. Another interesting feature would be updated track notifications. I have been receiving emails for comments made on each track, but it would be more helpful if I am notified of an important version change and for the creator to be aware if the link is broken. Rock on, KingShredder5

I bar across the A and D with my second finger then first finger on the G and third and fourth on B and e. Don't get it every time but RS doesn't seem to care ​Alternatively you could play it the way I just described but just mute the D string and play the low E as they're the same note an octave apart. That doesn't help on this situation with Rocksmith but whatever ;) EDIT: Serves me right for not reading ahead into the thread, @ just explained the same thing

This chord is an E7#9 and possible but very uncommon in the shown shape. It works like Mortalo said as normal E chord with pinky on the b and e strings, but I never saw it played like this. You need to place evey finger as upright as possible on the strings except the pinky to avoid muting or pressing down the G string. More common and comfortable in this shape is just to omit the A string, but I guess RS won't like this. If you would play the e string open it would be just an E7, but I need to listen first. Another way for the E7#9 in the 6th position, I'll check this later.

1st try int, fun song http://i67.tinypic.com/2wqg6q0.jpg

The verse tab to this sucks on bass, notifiying the creator http://oi63.tinypic.com/20u8j13.jpg

First bass playthroughs and comments: Beg: http://i.imgur.com/p8LsH58.jpgMostly root note chugging after the intro, but some nice grooves to keep you focused. Int: http://i.imgur.com/p0bvJ0u.jpgI'd say most of the slides would make more sense as unpitched, but whatever. Not bad for learning the fretboard. Adv: http://i.imgur.com/ren38J3.jpg When I started playing this, I was kind of impressed with how the slides were charted. Then the chorus came, and I absolutely hate how that was charted. Also seemed like the sync was pretty far off in places. Don't think I'll be playing this again. MC: Sightread (in which I screwed up my hand position for a while in the solo), then http://i.imgur.com/Zby8BsZ.jpgI definitely wouldn't say this is a 10. It's not easy, but it's definitely easier than The Lemon Song, from what I remember many people didn't consider that to be quite a 10. I'd put this more in the 8.5-9 range. Anyway, I'll almost be surely adding more sections to the instrumental part of the song. One long section for the bass solo stuff is kind of ridiculous.

Let's start with Henrietta: http://s2.postimg.org/ekjpbcmll/2016_01_16_00001.jpg Weird song, and that bass is... wow. Free - Mr. Big: http://s29.postimg.org/ndmltmu87/2016_01_15_00001.jpg http://s23.postimg.org/sle4hegi3/2016_01_16_00002.jpg What a great song, lead is so fun and that bass! When I played it 1st time, I was "ok, this looks like solid Intermediate" and then big smile on my face, it became a beast. I love it! Prince of Persia: http://s8.postimg.org/yxu6tz9lx/2016_01_15_00002.jpg http://s8.postimg.org/5l8e7t8px/2016_01_16_00003.jpg Bass is cool. It's really easy but sounds very cool.