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welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship -= Week 278 =- READ THIS FIRST =>> How and Why to Join the Championships Read this second =>> Rocksmith 2014 Championship Rules Last week's winners: Lead:Beginner: @@Cymbrogi Intermediate: @@diceslinger Advanced : @@meelo MasterClass: @@Stark_Knight Rhythm:Beginner: @@Sebb Intermediate: @@diceslinger Advanced: @@NunoJBSilva.Guitarist Masterclass: @@johnal Bass:Beginner: @@RdGkA Intermediate: @@PinKushin Advanced: @@Toni-Wan Kenobi Masterclass: @@Poutzy Congrats to all winners. Well done! This week's songs are: Lead Path: Beginner: The Longshot - Can't Make It on Time (2) chosen by @@MaZtoR Intermediate: Pendulum - The Tempest (5) chosen by @@ZeroPingNZ Advanced: Whitesnake - Here I Go Again (7) chosen by chosen by @@NunoJBSilva.Guitarist Masterclass: Metallica - Battery (9) chosen by @Mortalo God of Guitar: Avenged Sevenfold - Save Me (Drop D) chosen by @@meelo God of Guitar winner will be chosen by best score of combined Lead and Bonus Lead. (Yes, that's twice 11 minutes. Yes, I hate you :P ) Rhythm Path: Beginner: The Longshot - Can't Make It on Time (2) Intermediate: Whitesnake - Here I Go Again (6) Advanced: Metallica - Battery (7) Masterclass: N/A Bass Path: Beginner: The Longshot - Can't Make It on Time (3) Beginner 2: Whitesnake - Here I Go Again (3) (Drop D) Intermediate: Pendulum - The Tempest (4) Advanced: Alt-J - Left Hand Free (6) (Drop D) as played on week 70 Masterclass: Metallica - Battery (9) Share with us your opinion on this weeks songs difficulty scores (1-10). 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 (funky) 4rd Exercise: Blues Comping 4 in E major (shuffle) 5th Exercise: Blues Comping 5 in E major (dirty Texas Blues style, shuffle) (more challenging lead guitar (adv), rhythm and bass more intermediate with a real audio track (no GP RSA converted) Everyone can bring up new scores that will be added to the exercises scoreboards Honorable list Diehard Member: Angelina27AnwynBirdassasinblejuscaBounoursCymbrogidiceslingerFandarufjonfkbackpackfmsjamesHughmontymackaybreMaZtoRmeeloPinKushinRodmanRSjeffSebbStark_KnightTelboyvjohnalwrentheseedlingZeroPingNZMellonfarmerClassless, Fearless FreeBird Members in their endless battle with the fb police: 2groggyLet's Rock!

Ahhh Haaa! Back in business Went searching in my cable box(you know the box of cables we all keep just in case RCA or Svideo makes a comeback) and found my cable from the original RS game.

A lot of my wrist pain actually got better after I took up guitar. Maybe a different type of movement from the keyboard? I'm not sure. I do try to remind myself to fret softly however. unfortunately i don't have a job which requires much keyboard action, i got my condition from constantly cutting, facing off, welding and polishing high purity pipework for the silicon industry......... just gotta take it easy for a while playing the guitar only hurts if i play for too long so until my hands fall off or i go for the operation i'll carry on regardless ;) having said that i might ease up on the bass as that seems to hurt a bit more than the 6 string. anyway i got an improvement which i never thought i'd get, i can do all the bits now.....just not in the same run :mellow:

Son of a... After priding myself about how well I've kept my cable since 2014. Tonight I'm trying to throw up some scores. Plug my bass in and throw it over my shoulder. Lean over to grab my headphones Crash Bang Boom!!! The bass and my hardwood floor are fine. The cable broke the fall perfectly :(

* is there to indicate someone from a different class (various google scripts benefit from this). We decided to go with the rule of "force level up" to challenge participants but mostly to let people feel that they are competing against others of the same level.

I feel like I have a target on my back with these Saturday Morning SnipersTM!

@NunoJBSilva.Guitarist @Rodman What about giving a different win style to those playing with * (those out of class)? So, if your in MC but want to focus on ADV song you could complete with the * people and just ignore the MC song if you want. I have noticed a phew folks go to MC and then disappear. Granted, there could be many reasons for this, but hate to see people go. I feel there is much benefit to stick with it. Although, I personally have no issues with how things are today and still have some great out of class battles with many of you. I normally learn something from each class song.

Yo m8! It's really funny cause that topic has been on again and again for 5 years now. I'll have time for a long answer you will be happy with this evening. All is good. I finish my snowboarding holiday and then join the rock!!!

Sure, Click on the song entry, click the Buy button, and Poof you have it in your game, (Support the Official Content from Ubisoft)

Well the rule is good. 99 on top category of class means in almost any case you dont belong here anymore... It still is possible to ask to stay down and when the orgas and classmates dont vote against you can stay down. So never please never hold back a 99+ score because of fear of upleveling! If you wanna hear my personal thought - you are a clear masterclasser in lead and rhy, as you have been a year ago also! I know you wanna make songs sound great - and this is awesome. Question is would that be so bad to try on mc songs? And - you still can play the hell out of adv songs if you are in mc. My advice - do not fear levelup here!

Project to gather, organize and standardize, and improve exercise customs Rules recommended 1. Arrangement is in "Lead", and bonus/alternate arrangements 2. Tuning is E-Standard (except for special situations, like 5string Bass) 3. Record page (submitted cDLC) : Artist name "You", Album name "Exercises" (beware of typos) Ignition search "Exercises" order on Artist - should give a most complete list. 4. Exercises should list together in RS14, sorted by Artist "You" display under "Y", not overloaded letter. "You Bass" for Bass only Exercises "You Artist" for Exercises by Artists "You Riff" for practical Exercises 5. Filenames (no space), "YouBass, YouArtist,YouRiff" ....psarc followed main topic exercised, sub-topics (style, root notes), origin, charter. For easy updates, save all exercises in a subdir of DLC (DLC\Exercises) I renamed customs (original name and charter is part of the new name) Download by clicking on "You": (not this :lol:) Or jump to the charters page to use the original custom/name Remove doubles (Same Internal song DLC Keys of 2 versions may hang RS) USE Customsforge Manager An almost complete collection can be downloaded as a zip file (170mb) (this collection has not yet been updated to the remaster version) List of Exercises in RS14 vTS means, I have improved the custom Picking Exercises You : Alternate Picking - Heavy Metal Guitar School part 1 (by DeadlyPower) 5:04, 10 patterns, repeated twiceno guitar track, no beat, patterns easy, except 2) You : Alternate Picking to Solo (by DeadlyPower) 5:04, 14 patterns, 5 solo riffsno guitar track, no beat, 3/4bars, exercises what it claims, shows me how much I suck in this topicexcellent You : Alternate Picking (by blackened) 7:30, 56 patternsguitar track without beat, needs instructions in lyrics, heavy focus on finger/hand position change may loose concentration on alt.picking of other hand)You : Alternate-Picking vTS (by Sharkman828) 6:02, 10 patterns (Frets 9 -12, 9-13)no guitar track, no beat, last sector no notes for 5:00!, start delay too shortunfinished rather uselessCdlc corrected, now 3:28, 3s delay, pattern repeat faster on fret 5, faster above my ability on fret 12, metronome in bonus, get 95% without cheating on alt.picking ^_^ )Arpeggios You : Arpeggios Fingerpicking Basics v1 (by blackened) 4:22, 6 patterns, 4 riffsguitar track without beat, easy patterns for beginners, steep increase in difficulty for riffs, sustains should be removed for readabilityusefulYou : Arpeggios and Sweeps Melodic Metal vTS (by blackened) 0:36, 2 Riffsguitar track with beat, only 2 long sectors, short but usefulI've divided riffs in more sectors, to easier memorize, optimized some fret-hand positions, original arrangement kept in bonus arr.You : Arpeggios and Sweeps Advanced v1 (by blackened) 1:32, 3 patterns, 3 riffsguitar track without beat, easy patterns for beginners, steep increase in difficulty for riffs, sectors too longChords You : Chords Part 1 (by blackened) 3:17, 9 openchords, 6 powerchords, guitar track without beat, 5 increasing speed sectors of simple 4/4 down-strums, very useful for beginners You : Chords Part 2 (by blackened) 6:04, 14 barréchordsguitar track without beat, 5 increasing speed sectors of simple 4/4 down-strums, basic chordsvery usefulYou : Chords Progression 12 Bar Blues v1 (Guitar & Bass) (by iWolf) 2:58, 7 patterns, 3 keys (C E G in difficulty levels)no guitar track with beatbebop & basic jazz blues for advanced usersbarré chords onlyexcellent You : Chords Trainer ADE v1 (by apollo6655) 2:29, 3 open chords A D E (without open string)no guitar track with metronomesimple down-strum 4/4, constant slow speeduseful for beginnersYou : Chords Trainer CGAm (by apollo6655) 2:32, 3 open chords C G Am (with open string)no guitar track with metronomesimple down-strum 4/4, constant slow speeduseful for beginnersYou : Chords Advanced v5 (by darrko1984 ) 9:25, 49 patternsno guitar track with beat, uncommon chords with muted strings, confusing and difficult to register in RSlimited useful for beginnersFinger Exercices You : 4 Fingers Exercises Guy (by pollo_28) 7 customsup to 20:00, probably any possible pattern (704)no guitar track without beat no pauses, no visible sectors, difficult to pick up a set of patternTraining on the 1st 4 Frets only This is HUGE!I added bonus arr. (Root fret on 5, 9, 12) and a beat inserted pauses and visible sectors to better differentiate different patternscurrently for the 1st cDLC only, if you want more p.pm. me)You : 4Fingers alternate picking and sweep kingkill_33 v1 (by a.peter) 1:10, 5 patternsguitar track no beat, acoustic tone increase/decrease 1st-4th string / or 6th to 3rd with fret increase for each finger, every picknice crossing patternsuggested picking alternate or sweepvery useful to train strings change with each pick You : Finger Independence and Speed v1 (by darrko1984) 2:16, 12 patternsguitar track no beat, distortion tonechromatic patterns, a minor & major scale with hand position shifts, hammer on / pull offssingle string and all strings patternsYou : Finger Independence and Speed v1 (by DeadlyPower) 5:04, 5 patterns (non-linear sequences of major scale G), repeated 3xno guitar track no beat, distortion toneirregular speedsYou : Finger Spider Sequence Pebber Brown vTS (F A C E frets) (by DeadlyPower) I added bonus arr. (F A C E Root fret) You : Finger Warm Up 1 Lesson Guitar vTS (original by Sharkman828) 2:30, 29 patternsYou : Finger Warm Up 2 Lesson Guitar vTS (by Sharkman828) 3:36, 26 patterns2 nice quick exercises to play through or train by sector no guitar track, no beat, ends in long sector with no notes, waiting for the score...I removed the last sectors, add drum & bass tracks,and a bonus metronome arrangement.I corrected sectors to match start/end of a pattern, and start/end of fret hand positions.I suggest this as an exercise template.Rhythm You : Rhythm Metal Riffs low tone (by darrko1984 ) 7:32, 11 exercises/riffs with powerchords and muted open stringsmetal guitar track with no beat, guitar tone is lowuseful, unequal difficulty You : Rhythm Strum patterns in DD Level 120bmp v1 (by iWolf) Scales You : Scales Blues : Lesson Guitar v1 (by DeadlyPower) 5:14, 1 pattern, linear sequence, changing root constantlylyrics indicate root note on low E-Stringspeed may a bit too fast to keep it for 5:00 blues scale is NOT RIGHT, missing 4th note on the G string with other 4 patterns and more sequences in difficulty levels would be a perfect scale exerciseuseful, but unfinished cDLCYou : Scales Natural Fretboard A B C D E F G (Guitar&Bass) (by SA PyroBillie) You : Scales Harmonic Fretboard A B C D E F Ab (Guitar&Bass) (by SA PyroBillie) You : Scales Pentatonic Fretboard A C D E G (Guitar&Bass) (by SA PyroBillie) All 3 customs last 4:00, 17 patterns (single & double picks, up & down the Fret in 2 diff.levels)no guitar track with beat, plays same notes all over the fretboard, excellent ear-to-fretboard notes learning .... if played notes were displayed in lyrics ...You : Scales Runner A vTS(Guitar&Bass) (by PyroBillie) 4:08, 11 scales, 1 position on root A (5th fret), sequences of scales linearno guitar track with beat, scales from RS12 game, double pick, up/down, speed levels in difficulty levels, great idea for extensions.add repetitions where possible, corrected 1st invisible sector, completed lyrics to display scale names longer, add clean tone, original arr. with distortion tone in bonusadd 2 difficulty levels for guitar with non-linear sequence, three notes 123,234,345... and thirds 1-3,2-4,3-5..., up/downwardsPerfect exercise in all aspects, should serve as an exercise templateYou : Scales Runner C vTS (Guitar&Bass) You : Scales Runner Open vTS (Guitar&Bass) 2 identical customs added on root fret C, and open string (root E or F)You : Scales Runner Metal (Guitar&Bass) (by SA PyroBillie) v1 You : Scales Melodic Sequences on Major F A C (by TS2112) 7:07 You : Scales Melodic Sequences on Minor F A C (by TS2112) 7:34 You : Scales Melodic Sequences on Pentatonic Minor F A C (by TS2112) 5:18 You : Scales Melodic Sequences on Pentatonic Major F A C (by TS2112) 5:19 You : Scales Melodic Sequences on Blues Minor F A C (by TS2112) 5:57 You : Scales Melodic Sequences on Blues Major F A C (by TS2112) 6:25 6 sequences non-linear (group of 2,3,4 with interval 1 and 2) (12,23...; 123, 234...; 1234, 2345... and 13,24...;135,246...;1357,2461...)no guitar track with beat, acoustic tonescales on 3 fret positions (F, A, C) info in lyricsYou : Scales Lesson Guitar v1 (by Sharkman828) 10:03, 59 patternsno guitar track, no beat, 3:00 useless silent end sector with no tabs no scale information in lyrics, causes more questions than teachingrather unfinished useless cDLCSpeed You : Speed Exercise Lesson Guitar v1 (by Sharkman828) 3:02, 20 patternsno guitar track, no beat, 2:00 useless silent end sector with no tabs chromatic, pentatonic, major scales, riffs, pull off, slide - no clear topic separation, no understandable rise in difficulty, no lyrics giving inforather unfinished useless cDLC You : Sweep Picking Exercise vTS tuned E & Eb (by Izzy) E-Tuning added, Eb tuning set in bonus arrangementArtists YouArtist : eZUKA from GRANRODEO : Glare Guitar School vol3 guitar inst demo v1 (by th1rtyf0ur) YouArtist : Hizaki : Glare Guitar School v2 (by Tiothae) YouArtist : Paul Gilbert : Intense Rock 1 Sequences and Techniques v1 (by BX5) YouArtist : Paul Gilbert : Intense Rock 2 v1 (by BX5) YouArtist : Steve Vai 30 Hour Workout v1 (by th1rtyf0ur) Bass YouBass : Bass Finger A.Sklarevski Ch.2 v1 (by darrko1984) YouBass : Bass Finger Chromatic James Jamersons (by justgimmethefunk) YouBass : Bass Finger Stretching v1 (by Izzy) YouBass : Bass Rhythm Song-1 (by Vartok)_v1_1 YouBass : Bass Rhythm String Muted A.Sklarevski Ch.1 (by darrko1984) YouBass : Bass Scales C (5 String Bass) v1 (by Tysylio) Riffs YouRiffs : Blues Comping 1 in A major_v2 (by frippchen) YouRiffs : Blues Comping 2 in A major straight 8ths_v2 (by frippchen) YouRiffs : Blues Comping 3 in G major funky (by frippchen)YouRiffs : Blues Comping 4 in E major shuffle (by frippchen)YouRiffs : Blues Comping 5 in E major (by frippchen)YouRiffs : Blues Comping 6 in B major (by frippchen) YouRiffs : Blues - Lonely Man Blues v1.1 (by TS2112) YouRiffs : Country - Licks v1 (by TS2112) YouRiffs : Metal : Rhythm Thrash Guitar & Bass 1st Lesson v1 (by blackened) YouRiffs : Rock : 100 Chicago Music Exchange v1.2.1 (by haarek) Below, I'll link to songs with undeniable learning effect - Minuet : From First To Last (by s37h) (Arpeggio chords finger stretching) (this is my corrected version 1.1. jan.2017) - Blackmore's Night : Memmingen (by SmellyOrc) (finger picking) - Aquarium : Gorod Zolotoy (by Obvilion) (finger picking) Suggestions to add / improve customs / exercises are welcome. Further suggestions : Aim is quality in form and content in the making of exercises. guitar mp3 track only if useful (to rhythm or melody) (no guitar track allows more arrangements in different keys, tunings, root notesdrum/beat track is alive, better then dead boring metronomemetronome bonus arrangement added by checking Metronome in Toolkit/arrangement windownotes must be on beats!no empty last sectorlyrics (long duration) for each sector to recall the topic exercised, player's focusdivide exercises in logical sectors, optimize fret hand positionsconstant increase in difficulty ( not jumping from easy to hard back to easy)don't overload a custom with different topics, tabs or riffs, 4-5 minutes duration optimaluse clean tone (except if Metal...) (... to be continued)

In rhythm, I can push Whitesnake to ADV and Metallica to MC, but that will leave you without INT song this week :)

I have to play Metallica again? http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/facepalm24x24.png Okay okay. As soon as I get home.

My wife loves Whitesnake so I better work on this one...

I thought Intermediate was max 5? I'm already probabaly one of the weakest players in Inter, (my recent result don't show that though, Only because I must have played Insomnia about 30+ times this week) Now I gotta contend with a Difficulty of 6. This is not gonna be an easy week. The Tempest was a bit less tricky than I first thought!

Too late mate, new week started a while ago...

All i want is the 99%...... :(

Thanks man.

friday nights improvements.... i keep missing the e string 11th fret first note :angry: i put a lot of work into this one, cos i like it, sometimes i get it sometimes it turns to shit, but getting there. shouldn't be playing really the Doc has told me that i have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and shouldn't be putting my hands, wrists, thumbs etc through any unnecessary strain......... if he could see me now :rolleyes:

Rules are meant to be broken and changed. They have been changed a lot over the years here. Never be afraid to voice your opinions.

Can I somehow share my Collection/Saved via link so other people can access? Direct links to mega or others always seem a bit fishy and people get suspicous (for good reason).

you should check my exercise collection, there is a topic about chord exercises