D-Rock

Will try to practice more tomorrow :(

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/907905674533486908/E35B095B7D248450E0014A568E93217F53386848/

I don't know if I'm allowed to ask this here - so please forgive me..

Rocksmith doesn't recognize my palm muted powerchords.. Can someone give a helping hand?

I already checked that thread about note recognition..

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/907905263567326399/4498C0AC3501FB8B6F5D439585662E72FD33E633/

So finally I am able to participate at rocksmith championship aswell.

Hello folks,

Are here some people who can recreate a song just by hearing?

It's Aerosmith's I Don't Want To Miss A Thing Song covered. He is using a backing track in the background and is playing single notes instead of vocals..

Here is a link to the song:

https://youtu.be/4oWB0tyHsEg?t=28

Is there someone who can help me out?
I'm able to recreate the first verse but when the chorus kicks in I'm totally lost..

I was trying to create my own CDLC but it's hard when you just started out on Rocksmith and can't see and/or understand what notes are picked.. :/

Cheers

@@D-Rock You don't need to play it, just own it on your steam account.

Yea I think every now and then need to check Steamsales 

@@D-Rock - Man, welcome aboard!

Be warned, you will likely spend all your free time shredding, and it´s not likely to stop ;)

 

Yesterday i was like talking to myself "Damn summer is over and i have not been lying in the sun in the garden, not for one minute..." and the reply from my lil 5yo daughter was "That´s NO WONDER, dad when you are not spending time with us all that is in your head is playing your guitars to your wall (beamer) down in the cellar" ... Haha. After thinking really long about that said i came to the conclusion that this is still a good thing because i spend a real lot of time with my kids and recently proposed to my girl, and she still said yes, so it can´t be that bad.

 

Back to your (non)issue:

Well i have to raise the flag for the Championships, simply because the CS is good for you!

Every week you will be getting songs thoroughly classified by difficulty (something you do not get on official songs, strangely) and in beginner level (1-3 out of 10) they are gonna be in the bottom 1/3. Of course that does in no way mean you will grab your gear and 90 them instantly, or even achieve mastery, but you will be forced to work on all the techiques you need to learn also outside of your comfort zone, and you will progress quickly if you do. And you do that in a fun-competition way that really really helps pushing ones limits.

 

Also you get to know a lot of new bands making great guitar music which is not a bad thing either (for me thats Rob Zombie, Muse, Metric only to name few that made it to my most favs)

 

Wanna take a bet? Take on the challenge and you will be ending with your first 90ies in october, and by yearchange you will be regular 95 and on the edge to get that 99 on a 3-song to advance to intermediate.

 

One more important thought: In guitar playing there most likely will always be someone far more skilled than you, and that is no problem. If you set your target like - i wanna become masterclass asap, or i wanna be able to play stairway to heaven perfectly thats a problem! If you see how much fun it is just to play and improve exactly on your level and set the way as your target its always be joyful.

 

Rock!

R.

Congratulations buddy! Everytime it makes me happy when I see parents involve their kids and spend time with them. 

I promise I'm going to join the Championship by the end of the next week. At the moment I'm really busy with work and other social activities - I'm living in Munich and letting friends from different countries and cities sleepover (it's like a fulltime job adding the fact to show them around aswell, pubs, bars, clubs and sightseeing stuffs).

The day before yesterday I caught myself having a guilty conscience about breaking my streak and not playing on one day :D

And yes you're absolutely right there is always someone who's put more effort and time and is therefore more skilled - it's just I need an excuse for not being that good yet.

If you imported the RS1 songs:

Angela

Boys don't cry

I can't hear you

Next girl

Song2

Where is my mind

(these are the songs I learned when I started out)

I have never played RS1 so I think I'm not able to import them - but thanks anyway!

I've been playing for about 4 months now, I definitely consider myself a beginner.  Some songs are easier for different people as well.  I started with a couple websites and a couple books then picked up the rocksmith. The songs I've had "luck" with so far (better than 80%):

 

Lead

Incubus - I miss you

Billy Idol - Mony Mony (Thank You Championship for getting this one in my list!)

Blitzkrieg Bop - Ramones

Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might be Giants

 

Rythm

Black - Pearl Jam

Three Little Birds - Bob Marley

 

Lucky for me I've been playing music for 30 years now, just recently starting guitar though.

 

The more you play the more familiar you will get with the instrument as well.  When I started out when something said it was on the 9th fret, 8 or 10 notes would go by before I found it.  Now I find my frets with a glance and from time to time without looking at the fretboard.  So I think a lot can be said for practice to get familiar with the instrument.

Finger Warm Up 1 and Finger Warm Up 2 - both CDLC under the artist You, have been great.  I only use them in the riff repeater and I turn it down to 10 speed (or lower) and let it go up in increments of five.

 

Hope any of that helps, again I'm just starting out myself.

Thanks, both Finger Warm Ups are great and your idea of starting slow is fantastic aswell. I'll put it to my exercises.

@@D-Rock Well maybe start with the beginner songs on the championship, not the masterclass ones that are aimed at advanced and experimented guitarist.

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I would also suggest to try all the on disc songs and try all of them, just because it doesn't sound appealing doesn't mean that it won't be fun to play and you'll surely learn something from it.

Yea I tried songs supposed to be for beginners, I'm just wondering how other beginners can achieve 90% or more. I don't know, I think even those beginner songs in the championship are too demanding for me - at least for now.

Will do it next week, when I accomplished some progress this week. 

Thanks for your advice!

Very appreciated.

Holla at you,

first I've got to say this community is one of the best I've seen so far! Everyone of you please feel complimented, you guys are so devoted and so friendly to new and beginner people like me.

There should be more people like you in the internet.

So, coming to my topic:

I'm a bloody beginner, never touched a guitar before Rocksmith2014 but 21 days ago I picked up Rocksmith2014 and have 4 Songs on 70-80%ish.

It's Drops of Jupiter, Numb (love both songs), Blitzkrieg Bop and Otherside.

Sometimes I just plug my guitar to my amp and repeat those riffs and surprisingly it sounds really good and clean.

Also I'm able to play the Smooth Criminal mainriff - more or less.

So yesterday I thought let's try Nothing Else Matters, Stairway To Heaven or I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing.

But it was really terrible.

Are there any songs which you can recommend based on the songs I've played already?
I've also took a look into Rocksmith Championship Songs but most of them were too hard for me to play along. I've tried Fly Away, Boomfunk MC's, Game Of Thrones Theme and I couldn't play anything of it.

It doesn't matter if it's DLC or CDLC. I really want to improve. Please help me stay motivated.

Before I play I'll do a warmup with different scales for like 10-15minutes is there anything I can add to my warmup exercises?

Thank you in advance.