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Let's start week 96.

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Read this second =>> Rocksmith 2014 Championship Rules

Last weeks winners:

Lead:
Beginner:  @@franfit
Intermediate: @@Mercenary
Advanced: @@Azrael
Masterclass: @@Latsch
 
Rhythm:
Beginner: N/A
Intermediate: @@koffein
Advanced: N/A
Masterclass: @@then3verend
 
Bass:
Beginner: @@slooker
Intermediate: @@avsrick
Advanced: @@NoonyDeloony
Masterclass: @@albatross213
 

Congrats to all the winners.

 

Wee, wee, wee, wee, wee. 5 times wee for 5 videos! @@albatross213 made

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, @@Nacholede

. And to pleasure of whole mankind, @@NoonyDeloony gave us

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The songs for this week are:

Lead Path:
Beginner:  Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now? (chosen by @@missis sumner )
Intermediate: Jethro Tull - Teacher (chosen by @@Angelina27 )
Advanced: Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart (chosen by @@MonstaS4 )
Masterclass: Sylosis - Where The Sky Ends (chosen by @@Mortalo )

Rhythm Path:

Beginner: Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now?
Intermediate: Jethro Tull - Teacher
Advanced: Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart
Masterclass: Sylosis - Where The Sky Ends

Bass Path:

Because the most difficult bass this week is Motley Crue, which is hardly an Advanced Bass song, so I decided to add something we played in the past, and 'cause we played War Pigs onguitars last week...
Beginner:  Sylosis - Where The Sky Ends

Beginner 2:  Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now?
Intermediate: Jethro Tull - Teacher
Advanced: Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart
Masterclass: Black Sabbath - War Pigs
(dreadfoxx's version)
 
Share with us your opinion on this weeks songs difficulty scores (1-10).
 
Honorable list Diehard Member:

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

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

 
Honorable list FreeBird Member:

Participating as a FreeBird, without a class ;)

• 2groggy
• @fiddlesticks
• frippchen
• Motive

Have a great week!

I know the tactical thing to do is to hold on to this screen until tomorrow.

 

But I'm not an arsehole...

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49Qq-EFnmrKR0VGd3AzYmstaHc/view?usp=sharing

 

:D

 

 

i really doubt that i can get up to your scores on MC Lead, great job guys!

But im certainly tryin tomorrow!

 

cheers

 

I am absolutely sure that you are capable of getting 95% just focusing on everything except fast tapping-sweeping part. And I am really don't understand how @@then3verend is passing SA without crosses and not getting 96+, I even don't want to hear what I am playing during that solo part... from my side it looks like I'm getting mad doing two-three sloppy sweeps than like a crazy doing tapping (and really at that place I am already absolutely out of rhythm), than my brain turns on again, I see how I already missed all this hammers on 19 fret,  brain turns off: I play some more hammers and I'm getting back to the reality when I've missed 2-3 notes of the easy post-solo part and having 2-3 crosses.

My Advanced scores for this week!

 

Lead: 83 %

The singer is right, the song really "kicks some ass" - mine for example :(

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=508079239

 

Rhythm: 94.62 %

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=508079346

 

Bass: 99.59 %

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=508079148

 

@@TrbInTrbIn That section before the solo is killing me still, especially the end with the string skips, Idk if I can hit 96+

But I dont get upset about being beat, in fact, its just motivation to go back and do better :P Thanks @@Latsch

http://oi62.tinypic.com/16iuw4p.jpg

Submission for this week:

http://i.imgur.com/SpOsMx8.jpg

 

I feel like I was missing some easy notes in this run, so I could probably do better... But I don't really like the song that much, and the bass part isn't all that interesting to play (to me anyway).  If I'm feeling particularly motivated/competitive tomorrow morning or later tonight, I might give it another shot though :)

 

As far as the custom itself, the sections seem kind of awkward and/or inconsistent in places, which stood out a lot working through RR.  There are a couple places where the tab didn't sound quite right either, but it was close enough to not make it distracting or unplayable.  I didn't check for sync issues at all, so can't really comment there.

 

There's also some room for improvement as far as how things are a played as well.  There are a few random notes here and there (an A7 and A12 stand out in my mind) that should really be played up a string or two respectively to fit with the rest of their sections, played from the 2nd fret.  I felt there were also places where hand position could be improved too, but that may just be my preference.

 

I also found that the couple bars after the A2-A0-A3-A0-A4 run (or however it goes), playing open strings instead of 5th fret made it a lot more comfortable.  There were a few other places where open strings felt more natural as well, but it was mostly just that one part repeated throughout the song.

Woooooooh, adding a tiny bit of challenge for you, @@then3verend. Tomorrow is busy day for me so it looks like the last update on that beautiful song... :crying_cat_face:

 

http://storage1.static.itmages.ru/i/15/0828/h_1440802943_9653302_b70df463ed.png

Whoa! Yeah!!

 

http://i.imgur.com/OPILB3j.jpg

 

If I had done as well on the last solo as I have on previous attempts, that would have been a 96 easy. But I'll take it!

@@TrbInTrbIn 41 plays?! I wish I had your discipline, dude, it's no wonder you've come so far so fast. I don't think I have that many plays on any songs in my entire library.

Wait, I can't stop there! I said I could beat n3verend!

 

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

 

This run I randomly got off rhythm for the three note solo and picked up a strike. Facepalm! Felt like the run was a bust, decided to finish it anyway, then damn near FCed the last solo. Now if I could just get a playthrough where I do that without making dumb mistakes first...

@@Gamut Nice man, Looks like I gave you that last bit of motivation to really tear that song up, you want me to do that more often?

@@Gamut Nice man, Looks like I gave you that last bit of motivation to really tear that song up, you want me to do that more often?

 

Definitely! The more reasons I have to up my game the better.

Small improvement.

 

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/maztor42/Rocksmith%20championship%202014/kickstart%20my%20heart%20Rhythm%209203_zpskhhouqxa.jpg

Wow - 2 weeks away, so much going on!

 

Welcome all newcomers!

 

Well done @@franfit

great playin @@TrbInTrbIn

 

i got some plays with my travelguitar with major recognition issues, maybe i can find an hour to do better this afternoon...

 

http://i59.tinypic.com/282dtow.jpg

 

http://i60.tinypic.com/2e1d20h.jpg

 

http://i62.tinypic.com/169jozk.jpg

Did i miss my ESP

 

http://i58.tinypic.com/15qydqc.jpg

i wish there was a lil more time on that ;)

 

http://i61.tinypic.com/2zgsxep.jpg

as promised:

 

Where The Sky Ends Lead

 

Where The Sky Ends Rhythm

 

War Pigs Bass

 

totally neglected Bass this week due to the guitar battle ;P.

 

I need a break right now, but i will see that i can get that Lead path over 95% later.

 

cheers

http://i61.tinypic.com/295z2pt.jpg

 

http://i57.tinypic.com/b6c2hi.jpg

Eh, just tried to beat lead, couldnt...done fighting the detection battle in the pre-solo GG

Scores that I did when testing songs for Championship (yes, I'm terribly lazy right now :lol: ):

MasterClass Bass - 93%, 156 streak

Those bends can strenghten your pointing finger.

 

Advanced Rhythm - 82%, 63 streak

So poor score because I didn't tried most of the time, watching IAAF World Championship at the same time.

Spent more time this week playing Men at Work and Crue than the INT song, got to it a little this morning. Never heard this song before this week. Thanks!

 

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

Ok, so here goes final difficulty scores for week 96 songs:
Men at Work - Who Can It Be Now?: Lead 3, Rhythm 2, Bass 2
Jethro Tull - Teacher: Lead 4, Rhythm 4, Bass 4
Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart: Lead 8, Rhythm 6, Bass 5
Sylosis - Where The Sky Ends: Lead 10, Rhythm 9, Bass 2
I give you one day for final comments. Tomorrow I will submit that scores.