MonstaS4

Good selection of songs this week!

My first impressions are that in the lead path, int and adv songs should be swapped. I scored 85% on the first playthrough of Iron Maiden, whereas only 75% on Johnny Hallyday. I felt this song was a lot more technical than the IM song.

Anyone else find the same, or is it just me  :unsure:

My brain won't communicate with my hands fast enough for this one........

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/iitklrnl5tw4ace/2014-10-03_00001.jpg?dl=0

Pretty happy to crack 90% for this one. Spent an hour or so in RR with the solo, played on SA and made it through the solo without a strike, then only hit a couple of notes in the outro and copped a strike :(

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/ta8cqua6p89uxp0/2014-09-27_00002.jpg?dl=0

@Nacholede https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO8ar7Q-Yjg

That my friend is some awesome playing!

Love the Whitesnake song, but i'm really struggling with the solo.....

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/tz7zj5nv214aet3/2014-09-26_00001.jpg?dl=0

Liked the song this week, never heard of this band.

 

http://i.imgur.com/0Aj3rxel.jpg

Get a bit of Aussie rock up ya!

Do yourself a favour and check out the album. There's a few CDLC available too. Joker & the Thief made an appearance in the championship early on.

No offence to the song selector, but this just isn't my type of music. With some more RR i'm sure i could improve on this song, but i'm just not into it.

This song has however highlighted my crappy chord changes. I've spent most of the week playing "American Pie" which has helped a lot. I still seem to struggle with the C chord though......

Anyhow:

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/2fh4ljrlsvv49ux/2014-09-20_00001.jpg?dl=0

Is it just me or is the int lead arrangement this week a little too challenging?

I think it's one of those songs where the bass is beginner (i got 95% on the first run though), but the lead is more like advanced - MC. It has some basic chords, but the speed is way outa my league.....

Had quite a few plays, but this is about as good as it gets.

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/gddut6p2ryan1ar/2014-09-13_00001.jpg?dl=0

Man i'm struggling to make this sound decent. I'm trying to mute the low E with my thumb so i don't have to be so carefull with my strumming, but then it's feels awkward to wrap my hand around to reach 5G & 7D. Anyhow......

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/isbmvaidek556my/2014-09-11_00003.jpg?dl=0

PS. I removed DD so i could get through Score Attack on easy. I trust this is still legit?

What he said ^^^.

If it ain't broke, why try and fix it? Prior to joining the comp i was doing the same as storm20200 - skimming through CDLC to find a song i liked, then attempting to play it. When it got too hard i just found another song rather than focusing on the hard parts and trying to improve on them.

Everyone has different tastes in music and if the comp was extended to two weeks, i suspect a few players will get bored if the song is not to their liking (i know i would), so for this reason i'd leave it at one week.

As for the extra class, i'm not really for or against. My only concern would be the extra load on the mods. But again....if it ain't broke......

Arrrgh, angry i can't make it to 80%.

BTW, can a mod add the missing "s" to my name in the leaderboard. Little things..... :)

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/gxnzdv5l3nhw3tk/2014-08-30_00001.jpg?dl=0

Struggling with the speed of the chorus. The picking pattern and inverse chords are doing my head in! With a little more RR, i can only hope to get 80%.

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/erb82or127052pm/2014-08-27_00001.jpg?dl=0

Never heard of Fishbone and not a style of music that i would normally listen to, but funk me, it's a really catchy tune and great fun to play!

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/re8uavrjfzlpkjn/2014-08-18_00001.jpg

Respect to anyone that can score > 90% this week on Jump In The Fire!

The main riff is pretty straight forward........playing it accurately at speed though is a different story.

EDIT:

At 80% speed, i only miss 495 notes....... :P

Improving.....

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/aik6sv2smupskku/2014-08-14_00002.jpg

Hey all, i'm back in after working away from home for a few weeks. With a little more practice i think i can give 90% a nudge.

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/qdx0y0nkvsxsrlr/2014-08-10_00001.jpg

I'm shattered......i'm working away from home for the next two weeks so won't be participating in the championship  :cry:. I could count on one hand the number of days i haven't played since first picking up a guitar 6 months ago, so this is going to be tough.

Good timing though.......those solos in both the beginner and int songs look tough!

Final score. Had a few note recognition issues on the last run....most likely not clean notes at either end of the stretch. Pretty happy with it considering i thought i'd struggle with the speed at the start of the week.

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/6sfh538lgwvgwjn/20140705_Amorphis_SB.jpg

Improving....

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/v7xtjnrsn74y4j3/20140702_Amorphis_SB.jpg

Lead - i've got the main riff down at 100% speed but the subtle change mid riff including the high e note has me screwed over at the moment. The same riff shifted down the neck towards the end is also a little tougher due to the extra reach required.

So far:

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/dzsp3bl28a3j0v0/20140629_Amorphis_SB_L.jpg

Rhythm - power chord city!

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/g29hz5njzcldxg9/20140629_Amorphis_SB_R.jpg

Love Sabbath and have been trying to play this for a while. Still needs a lot of work.....

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/63s20xehkdvwxx3/20140629_BlackSabbath_WarPigs.jpg

Thanks @@Mortalo, that method certainly helped. I'd been doing it as per @@Hostilian but it seemed to give me grief. Unfortunately i've ran out of time to string it all together.

Minor improvement, but not enough to shift me from the bottom of the scoreboard  :sad:

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/htwjgojxte33exg/20140628_PourSomeSugarOnMe%20%282%29.jpg

Hitting most of the bends at the end now but still struggling with what seems like easy notes - the muted E and a string notes between the power chords in the 1st verse.

Anyways.....

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/6kobfpv86lyszde/20140628_PourSomeSugarOnMe.jpg

The other trick i found if Rocksmith is levelling you down is to increase the error tolerance in riff repeater to HIGH. This seems to have an effect while playing in Learn a Song.

Another awesome intermediate song! I tried to play this a couple of months after i started playing but the best i could get was around 65%. With a few more months under my belt, i managed 88% on my first pass.

I need some more practice on the bends at the end though....

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/h9veidkbqr5it23/20140625_PourSomeSugarOnMe.jpg

Coming along OK.....

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/hbjiadmsdrqvkij/2014-06-21_00002.jpg