MonstaS4

F$%ken chord recognition issues  :angry:. Feels like i'm loosing 3 or 4% just from the random chord misses. I've got the solo down fairly well, but until i figure out why i'm having chord issues i've got little chance of scoring any higher.

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/pls31ir2fvrmz3e/2015-02-18_00001.jpg?dl=0

Been trying all week to hit the magic 100% but those damn high e 17 bends get me most times......well that and a few brain fades. Pretty happy with the end result especially after thinking i'd really struggle with this at the start of the week.

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/x9w7c8v8upp7f3g/2015-02-12_00001.jpg?dl=0

Getting closer.......

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/doj0pv6u6vujr3w/2015-02-09_00003.jpg?dl=0

Coheed & Cambria - Nice tune. Certainly highlights my lack of string skipping ability.......this will take a lot of RR to get anywhere near @@MaZtoR's score

 

OK......i was wrong. Pretty straight forward once the muscle memory adapts. Hopefully i can push this one close to 100%.

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/o7qa2o4lbdchnbd/2015-02-08_00002.jpg?dl=0

Coheed & Cambria - Nice tune. Certainly highlights my lack of string skipping ability.......this will take a lot of RR to get anywhere near @@MaZtoR's score

X no more and for 4th place...

 

 

Managed to squeeze another couple of % out of this. Ball is in your court sir.... :ph34r:

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/lsg35sua9re5isk/2015-02-07_00002.jpg?dl=0

Lets go space truckin!

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/z46w0trgripx2oc/2015-02-04_00001.jpg?dl=0

 

....Started to play Good Charlotte and then I realised, I've turned in to my dad, and I switched it off. (I'm being horrible today! Apologies to @@MonstaS4, I'm just not down with the kids today.).....

 

Thats cool. Can't please everyone all the time.

 

Surely my RHCP selection last week makes up for my poor judgement this week?

Already had this in my library so i've played it a few times.

 

The solo will be my undoing this week......this run i just *mashed* a few strings around the right frets. Sounded terrible but must have hit a few  :huh:

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/szw9gnr51pmhoc0/2015-02-01_00002.jpg?dl=0

I'm done. Hopefully this is enough to get me my first win in intermediate!

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/6kg4gf9g9b2r3z9/2015-01-31_00002.jpg?dl=0

Much better!!

 

I've played the f*&k out of this song but still love it!

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/d6lwglgyu6xzuyi/2015-01-30_00001.jpg?dl=0

New day and new approach. A little bit of RR and some finger training and i got this.

 

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/Suckmykiss922_zpscf9a3ca9.jpg

 

Almost 7% increase in less time than yesterdays 1%. Practice smart, not hard.

Nice one! I'm struggling to push through the 90% barrier so i took a similar approach.

I recorded a playthrough in RR at full speed so i could determine where all my misses are occurring.

That quick hammer on and pull off on the A string usually gets me, along with the chord switch in the chorus.

So I've put a bit more RR into these sections.....as yet it hasn't paid off...grrr.

Baby steps....

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/24qbusf6j1qo3yn/2015-01-27_00002.jpg?dl=0

http://i.imgur.com/7rKNjRc.jpg

 

 

 

Welcome Mate!

 

I knew my time at the top of the leaderboard would be short lived. You smashed it!

Geez, who picked this song!..... :ph34r:

 

Haven't played it in a while. Lot faster than i remember it. Anyhow, after a little RR and a 85% speed runthrough first, i got this at full speed:

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/niil42ileke5fe4/2015-01-26_00001.jpg?dl=0

 

And Bass

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/epdg5w94kdz6dmo/2015-01-25_00001.jpg?dl=0

Just in time.....

 

Lead Int:

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/zm6oma5cbyt9t32/2015-01-24_00006.jpg?dl=0

 

Also had a crack at Bass. I'd love to jump on the bandwagon and buy a bass but the 'Minister for finance and household harmony' suggests i need to sell a motocycle first  :(.

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/8d3797swv64vfk3/2015-01-24_00005.jpg?dl=0

 

 

Really expected to do better than this. Again had massive issues with chord recognition. Maybe time for an upgrade (good tradesmen always blame their tools  :P). Guitar is a Yamaha Pacifica 012 which by all accounts is a great first guitar. Chords sound fine through the amp, i've played each string of the chord individually to confirm i'm not muting anything i shouldn't be. In the end i found strumming up near the single pickup next to the start of the neck gave the most consistant result....i got an extra 2% just from this, but still missing some of the chords.

 

Anyhow, this is it for me this week. My wife will kill me if she hears this tune once more.....

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/v3mcaxsqrw5404r/2015-01-17_00001.jpg?dl=0

Pretty straight forward....just need to hit those chords a little cleaner.

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/bx4sl4yik1j1mkn/2015-01-11_00001.jpg?dl=0

Don't think i can top this  :D

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/6rm2aqkq1g98wjo/2015-01-10_00001.jpg?dl=0

Leaderboard update? Well there was not much to update :P

So maybe Song Selection List? Well, I'm mentioning SSL mostly because of small number of Beginner songs, so get busy with finding them :)

 

Added Good Charlotte's "Like it's Her Birthday" to the SSL. Seems like a good fit for beginners.

Coming together nicely. Just need a little lot more RR on that fill before the tremelo part at the end.

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/h5grdiya30nzx8p/2015-01-06_00003.jpg?dl=0

Ok....so i had a break and played some emulated bass to clear my head of those MF chords and got this.......

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/p6rf4os953nvffg/2015-01-03_00002.jpg?dl=0

 

.....then came back to lead and got this. Purely just from re-tuning after playing some standard E tunes. I don't think i played any better than my previous scores. Dissapointed i couldn't crack 80%.

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/6lf7u3n0gc7fgnh/2015-01-03_00003.jpg?dl=0

 

Bring on next week!

OK Weezer.....i admit defeat on this one. At 95% speed i can get 80% accuracy but at full speed i seem to get more random misses on chords. Really frustrating cos they sound fine through the amp.

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/umzpdhbkfesusw5/2015-01-02_00001.jpg?dl=0

Hmmm, a little better....

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/fn8d81e620zdtmh/2014-12-31_00002.jpg?dl=0

Man i'm having a hard time with this one. Although most of the issues are related to 'operator error', i'm also having massive issues with simple chord recognition - namely that C5/G in the chorus and that weird F/A about 3/4 through. I've tried tuning flat, sharp, checked intonation.......grrrrrr!

 

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/0bjbcy0hvu8g6zl/2014-12-31_00001.jpg?dl=0