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This feels like intermediate level to me, maybe a difficulty 5: Slightly easier, could pass as beginner at 4-4.5: Fun and hilarious...6.5 feels right: Surprisingly manageable for a Rush song, I'd actually bump this down to 6 or 6.5. Not MC level IMO :

First runs: Not a big fan of this one...kinda spastic to play: This on the other hand is a great blues bassline, if I have time I'll put in some more work on it: Will have to get to Hungry Eyes and Kickapoo later.

Also...I think I can do a bit better but this album is fairly relentless:

Slight improvement in % - always seem to miss 2-3 notes somehow:

Very satisfying to play:

First runs this week... Nice instrumental - weird one for difficulty as most of it is rather straightforward 4ish difficulty but there are some parts that are clearly advanced. I'd probably rate it a 6 overall: And another satisfying bassline from Dean Dinning, one of the most underrated bassists out there. I put him in the same category as Mike Mills of REM - someone who knows how to make pop-ish songs...er...pop. I could be convinced that it's more of a 6.5 than 7 but still advanced IMO: (note: @cacahuate51glad to have you here but based on your score submissions you should be at least Intermediate on Lead/Rhythm and Advanced on Bass)

Not going to have my bass the rest of the week so hopefully this score is good enough...1 note from perfection:

I neglected to screenshot my test runs so had to start fresh yesterday... Classic, very atmospheric song - definitely on the challenging side for beginner but it's slower tempo and a repeating pattern so seemed like a good beginner challenge: Another classic, and this one has such a great rhythm and feel on the bass: Unbelievable live performance...I get totally mesmerized and swept away by the music on this one and suddenly 10 minutes has passed: Alex Turner's vocals have really grown on me over the years and I really enjoy his work on TLSPs. Challenging but manageable bassline:

This week is meant to highlight some favorite new CDLC that has been released in 2022 - big thank you to the creators of these and all the other high quality CDLC that has been released recently! Note: the script for last week's winners didn't run properly so I need to correct it manually. Fixed - winners should be accurate now! Note: Gerry and the Pacemakers - Ferry Cross the Mersey link is my own file because the CF link is currently broken.

New week is up - good luck everyone!

Welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship! -= Week 442 =- Theme Week: 2022 CDLC Standouts FAQ: => How and Why join the Championships? => Rocksmith 2014 Championships rules Last week's winners: Lead: - Beginner: @kayteck - Intermediate: @Bdi89 - Advanced: @Mikson - Masterclass: @avastreg - God of Guitar: Leader after week 2 is @Nacholede (97), 2 weeks left... KEEP ROCKING!!! Rhythm: - Beginner: LOST TROPHY - Intermediate: @kayteck - Advanced: @avastreg - Masterclass: n/a - God of Rhythm: Leader after week 2 is @nlbsmglsk (93), 3 weeks left... KEEP ROCKING!!! Bass: - Beginner: @luckyoldme - Intermediate: @kayteck - Intermediate Bonus: @kayteck - Advanced: @Mikson - Masterclass: @shaggy_malagy - God of Bass: Leader after week 1 is @shaggy_malagy(98.81), 3 weeks left... KEEP ROCKING!!! Congrats to all winners. Well done! Rocksmith Championship Leaderboard This week's songs are: Lead Path: Beginner: The Last Shadow Puppets - My Mistakes Were Made For You (3) (E Standard) selected by Mikson Intermediate: Our Lady Peace - Starseed (5.5) (Eb drop Db) selected by palms46 Intermediate Bonus: The Specials A.K.A. - Ghost Town (4.5) (E Standard) selected by GoatHerd Advanced: Coheed and Cambria - Rise, Naianasha (Cut the Cord) (6.5) (E Standard) selected by Alzeric Masterclass: Dave Matthews Band (feat. Warren Haynes) - Cortez the Killer (7.5) (E Standard) selected by GetTheLedOut God of Guitar: Machine Head - The Blackening Full Album (E Standard) [Week 3/4] Rhythm Path: Beginner: The Specials A.K.A. - Ghost Town (4) (E Standard) selected by GoatHerd Intermediate: The Last Shadow Puppets - My Mistakes Were Made For You (4.5) (E Standard) selected by Mikson Intermediate Bonus: Gerry and the Pacemakers - Ferry Cross the Mersey (4.5) (E Standard) selected by GHRamsey Advanced: Our Lady Peace - Starseed (5.5) (Eb drop Db) selected by palms46 Masterclass: Coheed and Cambria - Rise, Naianasha (Cut the Cord) (7.5) (E Standard) selected by Alzeric God of Rhythm: Machine Head - The Blackening Full Album (E Standard) [Week 3/4] Bass Path: Beginner: Gerry and the Pacemakers - Ferry Cross the Mersey (4) (E Standard) selected by GHRamsey Intermediate: The Specials A.K.A. - Ghost Town (6) (E Standard) selected by GoatHerd Intermediate Bonus: Dave Matthews Band (feat. Warren Haynes) - Cortez the Killer (6.5) (E Standard) selected by GetTheLedOut Advanced: The Last Shadow Puppets - My Mistakes Were Made For You (7) (E Standard) selected by Mikson Advanced Bonus: Our Lady Peace - Starseed (7) (Custom Tuning) selected by palms46 [Bb recommended - pitch shifted E Std available] Masterclass: Coheed and Cambria - Rise, Naianasha (Cut the Cord) (8) (E Standard) selected by Alzeric God of Bass: Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell Full Album [week 2/4] . You can submit your song suggestions for the championship here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HzgY90kLwyGqzJ-R64v8lmpeQMMhhxwGwUlenepIgms/edit#gid=6 . Share with us your opinion on this weeks songs difficulty scores (1-10). . Classless, Fearless FreeBird Members in their endless battle with the fb police: 2groggy Let us know your opinions on the accuracy of the difficulty scores (1-10) for this weeks songs.

I'm planning to post the new week in about 30 minutes - so get you final scores in!

Nice active bassline - maybe a bit of a stretch for beginner level: @SlickWilly does a great job charting bass and I enjoy playing Marillion stuff: This is a great example of a challenging song that's still really fun to play. Looking forward to listening to the whole new album:

Good week - please require the bass only (SlickWilly) version of Kayleigh though as the other one has some missing notes and will be easier.

Got in a couple plays: Not as challenging as I remember...guess I've improved a fair bit:

Good idea to bring some on-disc songs...I feel like I hardly play on disc and ODLC any more with so much CDLC available.

Boom

Two that were missing: Going to get in at least one more play of Hard Skool

From testing: A good song for beginners to practice slides and hammer-ons as you get a nice slow slide to hammer on that sounds good when you play it and repeats: Not a huge fan of this one as Muse basslines/charts go...playing a repeated octave as open low D to open high D is meh and I kinda doubt Chris Wolstenholme plays it that way. This has always been one of my favorites from Jimi: I don't know how much I'd listen to this but playing it is a lot of fun: I think PPC are my favorites right now in the category of "a bit above my level but still enjoyable to play/learn": Will have to play Summer Breeze and Parents now and screenshot my scores...

Thanks for the feedback - I made those recommended changes to the OP. @Rodman @kayteck The script that pulls winners from the leaderboard sheet seems to have some issues...some of the winners were correct but others were not.

Notes: It's really becoming difficult to find beginner-level guitar CDLC so I'd really appreciate participants adding recommendations to the Song Selection List! Sorry if Black Star is a bit difficult for beginner level I tried to test Summer Breeze on lead and rhythm but since I'm a bass only player I'm not the best at rating difficulty on those. Please provide feedback if warranted. Parents is not really GoB level of difficulty but I rated it a 7.5 and it's over 10 minutes long so IMO a good candidate for a multi-week GoB type thing Enjoy and good luck everyone!

New week has been posted - thanks to @kayteck and @Rodman for the new scripts that make it easier! Score cutoff is now but I will update the winners later.