Rocksmith 2014 Championship Week 501

[LuZifeR]

I tried the lead path also. 

Damn I think I missed two notes (could be more, I noticed two mistakes) and the other one was the freaking power cord lol, somehow the game didn't register it. Because of that power cord I didn't get perfect phrase and that's why I didn't get the platinum. I tried so hard to get 100% but today I can't get it. This song is so good!

 

[Milo]

Pinned this and unpinned the last 30 weeks of championship posts, so that people can once again find the rules, guides and such from the forums

[Milo]

2 hours ago, Razrshred said:

RSC guest appearance, my band mate @ basslifecrisis  on bass, we did this album playthrough with our drummer playing along as well, it was fun!
 

Damn, that sounds like an awesome session!

[Mikson]

Lead

Easy chart, but some weird chords in final part (classic G5 power chord with e string at 5th fret).

Simply the best.   I was hesitant as to whether this would fit as a difficult beginner, but I think there are some technical licks here more for intermediate level.

A nice song with an interesting chart and a short but quite difficult solo. 

I have some problems with this, because @ Hameron  mainly uses pitched slides in his CDLCs, which is often difficult for Rocksmith to detect, especially with long slides or chord slides.

I really like this band, especially for their melodic riffs. But this is damn fast...

[Mikson]

Rhythm

[Mikson]

I forgot to add Frozen Crown song as an intermediate bonus in bass path. I updated first post with the selection, tuning is B-Standard but if anyone wants to play for fun, go ahead.  

[Hameron]

5 hours ago, Mikson said:

Lead

Easy chart, but some weird chords in final part (classic G5 power chord with e string at 5th fret).

Simply the best.   I was hesitant as to whether this would fit as a difficult beginner, but I think there are some technical licks here more for intermediate level.

A nice song with an interesting chart and a short but quite difficult solo. 

I have some problems with this, because @ Hameron  mainly uses pitched slides in his CDLCs, which is often difficult for Rocksmith to detect, especially with long slides or chord slides.

I really like this band, especially for their melodic riffs. But this is damn fast...

Sorry, man. I guess it does make it more difficult to get to 100%. I tend to make slides pitched when I can "hear" the notes move up or down. And unpitched if it's just a screech.

Where were you having the most trouble getting detection? The typical Whitesnake low E string slide down, or the "Buildup" part where there are some 7/14 slides on the A string followed by the 12th fret G triad? Or somewhere else.

[BubbleWrapDragon]

Are there any tips & tricks on how to improve Rocksmith's recognition of natural harmonics? 
I have trouble with the Whitesnake song picking them up consistently

[Mikson]

16 hours ago, Hameron said:

Sorry, man. I guess it does make it more difficult to get to 100%. I tend to make slides pitched when I can "hear" the notes move up or down. And unpitched if it's just a screech.

Where were you having the most trouble getting detection? The typical Whitesnake low E string slide down, or the "Buildup" part where there are some 7/14 slides on the A string followed by the 12th fret G triad? Or somewhere else.

No problem, I've played at least a couple of your CDLCs and somehow remembered that there's always a lot of slides in there. Maybe it's just because you're doing CDLCs from bands that slide a lot on the fretboard  

Here I was mainly talking about distant slides (like 19 -> 2), of which there are several in the song, and, for example, this chord slide at the end, where I always get a miss. But don't worry, I've played it now and I'm doing better, so if you think these slides should end at those exact frets, that's fine.

[Mikson]

1 hour ago, BubbleWrapDragon said:

Are there any tips & tricks on how to improve Rocksmith's recognition of natural harmonics? 
I have trouble with the Whitesnake song picking them up consistently

Hard to say. For me, in some songs RS recognizes harmonics well and in others poorly. I think it can be affected by used tone, probably quality and settings of the guitar you play also matter.

[Mikson]

Lead+

[Mikson]

Bass

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[Hameron]

@Mikson thanks for letting me know. I'll pay more attention to how well those long ones get recognized in the future.

[Tucky Fried Chkn]

 

[aNDESmASAMUNE]

19 hours ago, BubbleWrapDragon said:

Are there any tips & tricks on how to improve Rocksmith's recognition of natural harmonics? 
I have trouble with the Whitesnake song picking them up consistently

Yeah, I am having the same issue and it's pretty frustrating! Did a lot of riff repeating just in this part... I have to play the harmonics very loud and many times to get them recognized, but sometimes doesn't work.

I  am giving up and just playing it as a normal note in the same fret, which gets recognized by RS. 

[Hameron]

3 hours ago, aNDESmASAMUNE said:

Yeah, I am having the same issue and it's pretty frustrating! Did a lot of riff repeating just in this part... I have to play the harmonics very loud and many times to get them recognized, but sometimes doesn't work.

I  am giving up and just playing it as a normal note in the same fret, which gets recognized by RS. 

Are you guys talking about the series of harmonics starting with 4-7-5 on the D string, etc.? You might be able to substitute that 4 with a 7th fret B string harmonic.

[BubbleWrapDragon]

6 hours ago, aNDESmASAMUNE said:

Yeah, I am having the same issue and it's pretty frustrating! Did a lot of riff repeating just in this part... I have to play the harmonics very loud and many times to get them recognized, but sometimes doesn't work.

I  am giving up and just playing it as a normal note in the same fret, which gets recognized by RS. 

Turning my Tone knob to 0 and keeping the neck pickup and the double coils on my PRS made a big improvement for me, it's still not picking it up 100%, but close to it, or I'm not accurate enough to make it 100% (But they sound pretty spot-on to me)

[avastreg]

harddd for me and no time to play, but I like it a lot
I discovered that the band is italian! Unexpected https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Crown
And also great that they have female guitar players, the one writing and playing this song is Thalia Bellazecca, also lefty 
A band full of surprises

[Mikson]

35 minutes ago, avastreg said:

harddd for me and no time to play, but I like it a lot
I discovered that the band is italian! Unexpected https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Crown
And also great that they have female guitar players, the one writing and playing this song is Thalia Bellazecca, also lefty 
A band full of surprises

You're italian and you didn't know this was an italian band, wtf? xd But actually, when I started listening to Riverside, I didn't know this was a Polish band either, because they sing only in English, so I even understand  

It's nice that the band publishes guitar playgrounds for some songs: e.g. for this one. 

 

[Mikson]

Little improvement. I'd like to have 90% of it, but I don't know if I can achieve it.

[avastreg]

ahah @ Mikson  great lead score, yes sometimes it happens, to not recognize our compatriots

great video too, they make it seems so easy to play, so tight.. although is mostly speed, definitely it isn't

some improvements 

 

rhythm

[Rodman]

ahhh... THE best band for beginner guitarists of all time. love metric

 

 

 

[Rodman]

good file, @ Mikson - it´s fun

 

 

 

[Rodman]

that´s for my grandma, 92y, who has been diagnosed a kidney tumor yesterday and is undergoing surgery right now. So send some waves of strength over to austria if you can.