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left hand, right hand or both ? most important thing is to stay relaxed Right hand. I play finger style/finger picking style, if that makes a difference, I can't use a pick. I generally use three fingers during the faster sections, but like I said, my fingers get pretty tired. I am making progress, yesterday my (right) hand was dead tired after playing through Under the Red Cloud twice, today I managed to play it three times before they gave up on me. :) I try and keep both of my hands relaxed, but do find my self tensing up from time to time. So any more advice? well, the thing about 3 finger technique is that it's easy to start to hit the strings with a lot more force than required, and you end up getting tired even faster than with 2 fingers... and that unexperimented ring finger can get tired easily too. work on that by playing stuff with constant 16th notes (power metal did the trick for me) and endurance will come in no time (pay attention to not making triplets or gallop though). Did you try to play it with 2 fingers only ? Maybe you will find it less tiring. And playing it with a pick will definitely be easier too ! I basically play with three fingers during the faster parts, and two for everything else. So I don't want to gallup? That's pretty much what I've been doing. I have a more long term goal of learning to play Iron Maiden songs, so I figured that songs like this would help with that. I would play with a pick if I could, but I just can't do it. That may sound strange...but I have a neurological disease in my spinal column that also affects my hands/fingers, and for some reason the 'picking' motion just murders my back and neck. So, it's finger style for me. I'll try sticking with two fingers and see if that is any easier. I actually started playing bass because I was losing fine control of my fingers, but playing has helped tremendously with that, so I really appreciate any tips and advice I've been getting on this forum, it's more helpful than you probably think! :)

left hand, right hand or both ? most important thing is to stay relaxed Right hand. I play finger style/finger picking style, if that makes a difference, I can't use a pick. I generally use three fingers during the faster sections, but like I said, my fingers get pretty tired. I am making progress, yesterday my (right) hand was dead tired after playing through Under the Red Cloud twice, today I managed to play it three times before they gave up on me. :) I try and keep both of my hands relaxed, but do find my self tensing up from time to time. So any more advice? well, the thing about 3 finger technique is that it's easy to start to hit the strings with a lot more force than required, and you end up getting tired even faster than with 2 fingers... and that unexperimented ring finger can get tired easily too. work on that by playing stuff with constant 16th notes (power metal did the trick for me) and endurance will come in no time (pay attention to not making triplets or gallop though). Did you try to play it with 2 fingers only ? Maybe you will find it less tiring. And playing it with a pick will definitely be easier too ! @@JokerTheAnarchist we're all sorry to hear that, mate... Have you played Gengis Khan a few weeks ago ? ;)Rime of the Ancient Mariner is definitely a harder one too ! guys, a kind of weird blank ad appears over the customsforge page when I open it, i couldn't access to anything, do you have the same problem ? ( but I fixed it by using the "inspect" function and suppressing it B) ! ) http://i63.tinypic.com/vgodgg.jpg anyway, my score : http://i64.tinypic.com/30lkvhx.jpg

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKdXRrZFNadEY0aGc/view?usp=sharing

Still afk for a while. Inadvertently found myself in a band and we are rehearsing at the moment for a gig later in the year. I will post from time to time when I get a chance but my play time is really limited when it comes to the competition. My condolences @@JokerTheAnarchist, hope you find some comfort.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKdjBUMWFlcnpwd1U/view?usp=sharing

Rocksmith is worth the money. I used to have a hacked version but liked it so much that I purchased the 2014 version. Then purchased 2012 version (for the extra songs) and Import Pack too. If you really like or love guitar, then there should be no doubt in your mind, spend the money.

one try on the worst band of all time, ok there is simply red, but u2 is a real pain. i am glad i somehow missed one. ;) http://up.picr.de/27971543qk.jpg

Had to run it a few times in RR to get used to using my pinky on 2 frets, now its just the speed i need to handle. http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Under%20the%20red%20cloud%20963_zpskzeawnn3.jpg and some rhythm http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Under%20the%20red%20cloud%20Rhythm%209839.jpg%20nr2_zps90lk4jks.jpg

@@Rod_Valenz CDLC not working - General Rocksmith - CustomsForge

@ @@Vodka Thank you..

@@chickentacos @@Rodman @@Mortalo @@Fraggle Baggle @@klaw @@Steven Briquette @@missis sumner @@NoonyDeloony Thank you...

http://customsforge.com/topic/35221-rocksmith-2014-championship-week-168/

@JokerTheAnarchist Losing a loved one is never easy....... may your hearth find comfort!! Klaw

@missis sumner @Rodman You are not even close to the lowest score with those guesses. I'm holding the title with an awe inspiring 26% https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uW12xsVeQ0qXj4mlw69CYvY949Bmu8tZdAkYcRd8czk/edit#gid=1700301799

Well, guess that Billy Sheehan technique does work. ;) http://i.imgur.com/mhK4p6V.jpg

INT Rhythm update to 96.33% streak 502, score 1,161,501. That beginning part just sucks for my fingers and/or won't reg. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=839148780 Anybody have tips on fixing intonation and a finicky G string which drops out of tune on the first bend?

Ok, here we go. Starting easy this week! http://i.imgur.com/QhWAFvF.jpg More finger practice. http://i.imgur.com/69zkkoI.jpg Practiced the hell out of Invaders. Sore fingers! I will give it a try later this week to the other songs! :)

here's some scores for the night, i just couldn't get the recognition right tonight, messed with tunings, swore at the computer, threw some picks across the room but was the better man in the end...and gave up, couldn't blame the note recognition for this one :ph34r: A bit more work to do on all these i thing........mostly Muse though, if i can get up to 90% i'll be a happy Chappy night night all

I played this at the weekend, but my cable was playing up. So I'll just post my second go instead: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKWktWeGdZN3VCNVU/view?usp=sharing I've got my ABY switch and things are a lot better. I even gave the U2 a go: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKT3loTlFsaTg2Vm8/view?usp=sharing I wondered if it was one of those songs that you really don't like to listen to, but quite enjoy playing... But it's not. :D Anyway - on to my class. Rated a 7, I'd agree, it's at least a 7. So do I have a chance to level up this week? https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKbmNGODhrUjN1c1k/view?usp=sharing In any case, I have work to do. I can't have @@Rodman catching up with me... :P Hang on, Johnny's been rated a 6? Get off... :huh:

first scores http://up.picr.de/27971311sh.jpg http://up.picr.de/27971312yx.jpg http://up.picr.de/27971313lw.jpg http://up.picr.de/27971314tj.jpg @@missis sumner - i wont win that week as it looks ;)

http://i.imgur.com/hfmGNKw.jpg I'm not a fan of U2, but Elevation is fun :D http://i.imgur.com/xvCJqdw.jpg It's... like... no. http://i.imgur.com/5HHzJAg.jpg http://i.imgur.com/flYErhg.jpg Fast, and then solo happens... http://i.imgur.com/Wqv2EXz.jpg

Did not get around to play today. But here are my old screenshots from when i put it in the SSL. http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Under%20the%20red%20cloud%2095_zpsdh2u6you.jpg http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Under%20the%20red%20cloud%20Rhythm%2097_zpsjciof4f8.jpg http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Under%20the%20red%20cloud%20Bass%2099_zpsvhxqof19.jpg

So BEG Lead U2 (eh, fun enough I suppose). 96.27% 202 Streak, 397,954. Trouble mostly with the octave-spam near the end. After that tremolo blasting in the Metric song last week my wrists hurt. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=837572325 INT Rhythm Amorphis (Crunchy, woo!). 94.84% 321 longest streak 1,018,670 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=837571976

U2 - First try in SA http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/97225126774095609/13845020720C5786F6E59414925855550FD7E557/

You are probably too young to know him. Billy Cobham is an amazing Jazz & Fusion drummer, playing that stuff since the early 70's. This is one of his early projects and Quadrant 4 is a real classic song written by him, covered by many others later. I saw him a few years ago in my region playing live with a newer project, Paradox, with Bill Bickford on guitar and Wolfgang Schmid on bass. There they also played Quadrant 4, and I've bought their album this evening with Q4 and some newer songs. Really great stuff if you like this kind of music. At this custom at the Lead Bonus I transcribed the organ originally played by Jan Hammer including the first solo for the hardcores like you, amazing score you got, congrats. For me it is too many notes to play, just cannot survive the first solo without lot of practicing work, so that'd be my best. http://up.picr.de/27958730ww.jpg

Muse Starlight on bass = 100% U2 Elevation (Live) on bass = 100% I'll work on Johnny B. Goode and then come back to the D tuning

I think he is fishing for a link to illegal downloads. Just my Opinion

Make a new steam and just buy it again. Its like 10€ if you already have the cable. http://www.allkeyshop.com/blog/buy-rocksmith-2014-cd-key-compare-prices/