Rocksmith 2014 Championship week 160

[Rodman]

yeah that´s ok

 

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[Vodka]

Good week everyone!

Have tried Twenty One Pilots - Heathens  only. Very strange to play lead arrangement.

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[Rodman]

1st try rhy

 

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[Rodman]

riddim is quite a bit harder than lead here,

ok try

 

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[six_string_ninja]

Had a quick couple gos on a few songs.

 

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/254845729779069146/B1FC9A08B1C197E7781B9F43D77524BD14A10C4D/

 

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/254845729779068279/6A772EF3148B4405A133A4268C368CA77DB957A0/

 

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/254845729779067277/8A826E9798639E27A725477B6CE7F8D87C972D70/

 

With a little practice, this should be a good week.

[JokerTheAnarchist]

@@JokerTheAnarchist How the hell did you do that :P How long have you been playing ?

 

Haha thanks for the kind words, I've been playing for 3 and a half years with Rocksmith, never touched guitar before that.

[NoonyDeloony]

first tries on Allll of the bass things!

 

This thing...B: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=799364368

 

That thing...I: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=799364455 (plat pic got in the way of the shot but can still see it.. ish... not bothered, not my catagory :). )

 

the other thing...I: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=799364591

 

Another thing... A: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=799364720 (very fun to play)

 

Ok, maybe not all of the things... MC: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=799364819

 

Shit.

[Gamut]

One of those weeks I have no clue about any of this music. Well, except Heathens, it's hard not to know that one.

 

http://i.imgur.com/V43c60M.jpg

 

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I usually say something about the songs, but... I was high as hell for these sightreads and I don't remember anything about either of them.  :huh: Either they weren't that memorable, or that was some potent purp... Commentary next time!

[RealityPixels]

First Bowie, then Prince, now Cohen.. wtf is happening up there? some kind of legends of music festival or what?

Nice walking bassline but a bit tough for me. These basslines with notes on the same fret but different string make my ring finger stiff and I end up playing the note on the wrong string... That at best, at worst I got some kind of dyslexic attack and my sight reading goes totally off :D

Anyways, here's my better try so far for this week:

http://i.imgur.com/1P9ugYQ.jpg

[Fraggle Baggle]

These basslines with notes on the same fret but different string make my ring finger stiff and I end up playing the note on the wrong string... That at best, at worst I got some kind of dyslexic attack and my sight reading goes totally off :D

 

 

 

I get the brain farts too!  :lol: Just curious, do you play with colour blind mode on?  I do, because I usually find it impossible to id orange notes unless there's a yellow close by for comparison and even then... :wacko:  It does seem to make it harder for me to deal with greens + blues on the same fret though.  Until the day I'm good enough to play by not relying on what I see, my conclusion is contrast matters, the more the better.  I might have to try switching cb mode on/off depending on the song. If only there were a way to completely personalise your colour set!  ^_^

[Rodman]

-= weekly leaderboard update =-

 

no leader changes.

 

 

GREAT PLAYING EVERYONE, CONGRATULATIONS!!!

 

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HAVE A NICE WEEK!

[RealityPixels]

 

These basslines with notes on the same fret but different string make my ring finger stiff and I end up playing the note on the wrong string... That at best, at worst I got some kind of dyslexic attack and my sight reading goes totally off :D

 

 

 

I get the brain farts too!  :lol: Just curious, do you play with colour blind mode on?  I do, because I usually find it impossible to id orange notes unless there's a yellow close by for comparison and even then... :wacko:  It does seem to make it harder for me to deal with greens + blues on the same fret though.  Until the day I'm good enough to play by not relying on what I see, my conclusion is contrast matters, the more the better.  I might have to try switching cb mode on/off depending on the song. If only there were a way to completely personalise your colour set!  ^_^

 

Brain farts :D Yes, that's a good way to call them. I play with the normal colour scheme, will try the colour blind mode to see if I notice a difference. But, in my case is not about the color.. I don't know how to explain it: I can sight read at a glance changes from the 1th fret to the 16th or bigger and even nail them without looking at the fretboard (unless is a very fast song :D). But when I have to change strings on the same fret, or do constant arpeggios (like Muse's bassline last week) my brain kind of locks and I have to pause the song, riff repeat it slower or, as you say, rely on what I hear instead of what I see... But even then, sometimes i tell my ring finger to move but it don't want to :D

I suppose it has to do something with my playing technique: I started playing bass about a year ago, but seriously and with a decent instrument since February. And I'm totally self taught. I know about the one finger per fret technique, but for me is harder to think what fingers goes where while I play. If i don't care about that my fingers just flow with the groove

Now that I re read it that last sentence sound kind of arrogant, but you know what I mean :)

[NoonyDeloony]

@@RealityPixels you will get there with practice. "Pistol switch" (original track on rocksmith) is a good song to practice for string skipping on the same fret and dexy's midnight runners "come on eileen" too. I also use colour blind mode for the same reason as @@Fraggle Baggle and it does help a fair bit. Have a dabble with some different rhythms too to help with your right hand plucking/plecking patterns. Ska P and Ninos con Bombas have some nice tracks for practice right hand technique. :)

[RealityPixels]

@@NoonyDeloony Thanks for the advice! Will try to watch a playthrough of Pistol Switch and play along (don't have original RS). And I have some Ska songs: they are so fun to play. But my "problem" is with the left hand mostly. My right hand has improved a lot, I think, and I don't have too much struggles to set the rhythm with it

[six_string_ninja]

A couple more runs and a wee bit of improvement on lead.

 

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/254845729782868438/18DE3A9902BE73CAF4F6BF88A4A012D75D64A7C3/

[NoonyDeloony]

@@RealityPixels ahh yes I see you mentioned your ring finger getting stiff, aye, same here most of my videos my ring finger is perma straight and I still haven't quite figured out to get rid of its temporary paralysis while playing. If I do find a way to get around that problem I'll let you know but for the now I'm afraid I can offer no cure or preventative measure... I know a few bassists use gloves when playing, I wonder if that'd help? :)

[MaZtoR]

@@Rodman nice score on Only one.   I cant even play those damn arpeggios @ 90% speed after more than 1h in riff repeater. The picking is just to fast for me.

[RicYin]

My first entry in the championship.

After a couple tries I got a good score on bass for Diamonds in the mine.

@@RealityPixels About notes on different strings but the same fret, i try to fret both strings (in this case) without moving my finger too much.

 

I'm useless with a guitar, couldn't get past the first section in Underdog on rhythm.

Maybe i just need to change strings.. they're all rusted and haven't been changed in more than a year xD

I did manage to get a score in Heathens on lead.

[Vodka]

After several reps I got this

http://i.imgur.com/6voZNLq.jpg

The song sounds better with the tone from Long Live the King of Sabaton ;P

[Rodman]

@@MaZtoR Thx m8 - i seem to have lucky fingers there, i am hellishly bad on apreggios normally, those three strings do work (did yd)

 

gotta go for int before trying harder here...

[Rodman]

here is the int update.. man why did i not do SA?

 

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[Rodman]

Argh.. thats 2 notes early in the song

 

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[Rodman]

make it one (it´s only monday)

 

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[Vodka]

Don't know how I will play it in SA yet

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[klaw]

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;) ciao