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Let's start week 91.

READ THIS FIRST =>> How and Why to Join the Championships
Read this second =>> Rocksmith 2014 Championship Rules

Last weeks winners:

Lead:
Beginner: @@franfit
Intermediate: @@Shiroo
Advanced: @@Azrael
Masterclass: @@then3verend

 

Rhythm:
Beginner: N/A
Intermediate: @@Angelina27
Advanced: N/A
Masterclass: @@Latsch

 

Bass:
Beginner: N/E
Intermediate: @simonm2000

Advanced: @@supername
Masterclass: @@albatross213
 

Congrats to all the winners.

 

Honorably mentioned for scoring 100% are @@Bentron, @@NoonyDeloony and @simonm2000 on Intermediate Bass and @@albatross213 on MasterClass Bass. Impressive.
Three videos this week -

by @,

by @ and

by @@NoonyDeloony. Thanks!

 

The songs for this week are:

Lead Path:

Beginner:  Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams (chosen by @@lostpapers )
Intermediate: Royal Republic - Underwear (chosen @@Shiroo )
Advanced: Tool - The Grudge (chosen @@Choaralaone )

Masterclass: Rush - Anthem (chosen @@Choaralaone )

(I didn't noticed that Tool was also picked by Choaralaone, so we'll have an exception this week)

Rhythm Path:

Beginner: Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams
Intermediate: Royal Republic - Underwear
Advanced: Tom Petty and Heartbreakers - Mary Jane`s Last Dance (official song)
(originally played on week 47, emergency for lack of Advanced Rhythm twice in a row)
Masterclass: N/A

Bass Path:

Beginner:  Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams
Intermediate: Royal Republic - Underwear
Advanced: Tool - The Grudge
Masterclass: Rush - Anthem

 

Share with us your opinion on this weeks songs difficulty scores (1-10).

 

Honorable list Diehard men:

Playing in their class 4 weeks in row, one pass allowed (not yet updated!)

• albatross213 in MC bass path
• Azrael in INT lead path
• blejusca in INT lead path
• Choaralaone in MC bass path
• franfit in BEG lead, rhythm paths
• genobadass in ADV bass path
• Jambi in BEG lead path
• Latsch in MC lead, rhythm, bass paths
• lostpapers in BEG lead, rhythm paths
• MaZtoR in ADV lead, rhythm paths
• missis sumner in ADV bass path
• MonstaS4 in INT lead path
• Mortalo in INT lead, ADV rhythm, MC bass paths
• Nacholede in MC lead path
• punchyrumble in BEG lead, INT bass paths
• queengeedorah in ADV bass path
• Rodman in INT lead, rhythm, ADV bass paths
• supername in MC lead, ADV bass paths
• then3verend in MC lead, rhythm, bass paths
• Van-Blurten in INT bass path

P.s. I did not yet updated Championship Class Lists (I'll do it later this day, so stay tuned)

Have a great week!

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/77405687322433573/   I hope this works from Pinterest. I've been meaning to join this for a few months, but deadlines are tough when you live outside of time.  If I don't post, I won't get to joint the games. 

 

beginner lead (to start)

 

thanks again

Zeen.

@@koffein, @@Zeen Welcome!

 

The way you've written the part under the second verse heading (3rd and 4th lines in your image) are definitely an octave higher than the audio though :)

nope, it's definitely like I transcribed, sure 

@@Shiroo, I pmed you rhythm and bass fixes, but now I see that more changes in lead and rhythm paths are necessary:

In fact that the song is based on A# minor pentatonic scale, and my ears also told me that, you should change all chords in the song, A# to A#minor and D# to D# minor. I guess you know how to change them.

Sorry, but for that I have to take 1 rating point away of both paths for tab.

OK :D Holy shit :P Can someone send me GPX file with the changes? :D That will be easiest. Just use the one Motive posted earlier and I'll see all the changes and dont miss anything :P

OK  :D Holy shit  :P Can someone send me GPX file with the changes?  :D That will be easiest. Just use the one Motive posted earlier and I'll see all the changes and dont miss anything  :P

 

that would take about 1 hour I guess, if I will do it then maybe tonight. All changes I did in the tab I did just in one part, so I have to go through the whole song in all paths. But you know what to change, and it's not my custom, so it's your job :P.

 

I learned the scale part with motives metronome files and practiced that for a while and i cut my fingernails to help with the barres.

It helped a little but the song is just so fast.

 

 this song requires a solid alternate picking, anyway makes it easier.

 

 

I really cant do alternate picking.  I always end up economy picking whether i want to or not.

@@MaZtoR I think you must spent all free time at this week for practice with metronome and alternate picking at this phrase (or only scale pentatonic up-down). It really improve all your score on all next weeks. Need play with half speed at 150, some time run with full speed-150 for testing your gotted skill. Forget about score on time. I will do same.

http://i58.tinypic.com/hvylx5.png

better streak, same score..

i have to RR the solo, i feel so rusty when playing it

Welcome @@koffein and @@Zeen... Zeen, you should post whenever able! Pretty sure your play structure will fit with the addition of the "freebird" category :) enjoy!

wow, +8% in one try....

 

http://i60.tinypic.com/2m7snf4.jpg

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/441701675651169715/F259E6315677B86450ED7BB0D0369D424C1AB418/

 

I'm back to severe elbow pain. I was playing through the lesser pain, but I might be scarce around here for a bit again...

@@MaZtoR Very clear for understood and good lesson about alternative picking. ->>

Working from home doing computer based modelling simulations this week, so lots of time to play guitar while the program runs away in the background.

 

An early take on Adv. Lead:

 

http://i61.tinypic.com/2d0c1ee.png

 

Love this song, going to try for a 99.x % result by weeks end.

@@MaZtoR Very clear for understood and good lesson about alternative picking. ->>

There is a thing I don't understand: really in some cases alternate picking can be faster than economy? It seems that I started alternate picking and at some moment it turns out to be economy one, and I really still don't understand how my hand is doing it. Also found another moment: when I were beginner I were looking more at picking hand during playing, but now I look more at fret hand.

@@TrbInTrbIn I think it can well explained @, he have a big experience, i`m not :)

Cool video @.

 

@@MaZtoR I can tell you the best advice - get Bass! Year ago, I didn't saw a chance to learn alternate picking. Even on single notes on one string, I felt more comfortable with downpicking. But then I got bass, and surprisingly alternate picking there was natural. There is a greater gap between strings, so that help me learn to be comfortable with that. It took me some time to adjust to guitar, but it was way easier to alternate since then.

I know that I could have learnt alternate picking without bass, but that was very helpful and made it easier.

I don`t know, i use picking higgledy-piggledy. Almost from start i used alternative picking, and when some arpeggio then economy picking, it seem very native. And for me hard to use only downpicking or uppicking, i always start to use alt or eco. And at this video exercise with alt picking + alt stroke for same phrase- really hard for control, again start to use only native alt picking without changing direction stroke. I think it very useful but and very hard for relearn if have some hoppy in picking.

@@MaZtoR I think you must spent all free time at this week for practice with metronome and alternate picking at this phrase (or only scale pentatonic up-down). It really improve all your score on all next weeks. Need play with half speed at 150, some time run with full speed-150 for testing your gotted skill. Forget about score on time. I will do same.

I really would like to do that but I'm getting married this Saturday and we have a rather big party to prepare for, so i really don't have that much free time. And if i choose to spent my time with the guitar I'm pretty sure my soon to be wife would kill me. :D

@@Shiroo for a clean sound you can simply take the lead sound, take this Guv'nor pedal out and adjust a little bit those amp, more gain, less treble or just try a little bit around. I tried this and it sounded ok, not really great but good enough on my setup

http://up.picr.de/22602072jc.jpg

It's a bit 2011, but me and Tool...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxRX6LXDpWs

 

Edit: I was that enthralled by the "no, no, no, cat" that I forgot to upload my score:

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKSW5TX2hzUU9KeWc/view?usp=sharing

 

Please tell me that's enough to keep my DHM (woman) status, and that I don't have to play it again?

 

P.S. I fell down the stairs on Sunday, so was looking forward to playing something nice this week once I'd had a couple of days to recover (YCRTA once I could sit down again).  I guess I'll just stick to my Ah-ha, then… :D

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/441701675651169715/F259E6315677B86450ED7BB0D0369D424C1AB418/

 

I'm back to severe elbow pain. I was playing through the lesser pain, but I might be scarce around here for a bit again...

 

Obviously, I don't like your pain; I like your score.

I don't thought that scoring more 0.8 percent maybe so hard! Sometimes chords are not recognized, especially in the place you need strumming like mad.

 

http://i71.fastpic.ru/big/2015/0721/10/b15612ff989bed15621091f925ff8010.png

 

Edit: What happened with this screenshot?? I don't know -- it saved some wrong way?? I hope you will consider it elegible one, I were playing that one song for hour and a half.

 

I really would like to do that but I'm getting married this Saturday and we have a rather big party to prepare for, so i really don't have that much free time. And if i choose to spent my time with the guitar I'm pretty sure my soon to be wife would kill me. :D

 

How could you keep that a secret for so long!? You feared that I'll take Rodman and we'll fly to Sweden and give you a long night of guitar crap-jam day before your big day? :lol:

That's really cool, have a great day :)

:blush:

http://i.imgur.com/smZytr3l.jpg

Hy guus

I m temporary without PC band Guitar because moving home

I will be back soon

.

Claudio