-= Building a Guitar from Scratch with Absolutely No Woodworking Experience =-

welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship

-= Week 254 =-

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

 

Last week's winners:

 

• Lead:

Beginner: @[member=Sebb]
Intermediate: @@Hughmonty
Advanced : @@Fandaru
MasterClass: @@Stark_Knight

• Rhythm:

Beginner: N/A
Intermediate: @@Hughmonty x2
Advanced: @@roddy39
Masterclass: @@Fandaru

• Bass:

Beginner 1: @@Saturnation

Beginner 2: @@Bounours
Intermediate: @@PinKushin
Advanced: @@genobadass
Masterclass: @@fmsjames

Congrats to all winners. Well done!

This week's songs are:

 

Lead Path:

Beginner: Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine (on disc song) (3) chosen by @@Telboy

Intermediate: Hozier - Take me to curch (4) chosen by @[member=Firekorn]

Advanced: Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire (6) chosen by @@Poutzy

Masterclass: Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli - Minor Swing  (9) chosen by @@RoR

The gods rest this week... since Oblivion is demigod material...


Rhythm Path:

Beginner: Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine (on disc song) (3)

Intermediate: Hozier - Take me to curch (4)

Intermediate 2: Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire (4)

Advanced: Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli - Minor Swing  (7)

Masterclass: N/A

Bass Path:

Beginner: Hozier - Take me to curch (3)

Intermediate: Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire (4)

Advanced: Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine (on disc song) (6)

Masterclass: Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli - Minor Swing  (7)

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

Exercise Challenges:


1st Exercise: Blues Comping 1 in A major shuffle
2nd Exercise: Blues Comping 2 in A major - straight 8ths
3rd Exercise: Blues Comping 3 in G major (funky)
4rd Exercise: Blues Comping 4 in E major (shuffle)
5th Exercise: Blues Comping 5 in E major (dirty Texas Blues style, shuffle) (more challenging lead guitar (adv), rhythm and bass more intermediate with a real audio track (no GP RSA converted)

Everyone can bring up new scores that will be added to the exercises scoreboards

Honorable list Diehard Member:

• Angelina27
• Birdassasin
• Bounours
• diceslinger
• Fandaru
• fjon
• fkbackpack
• genobadass
• Hughmonty
• mackaybre
• MaZtoR
• @meelo
• MellonFarmer
• MentalSharps
• Rodman
• RSjeffH
• Sebb
• Stark_Knight
• Telboy
• vjohnal
• wrentheseedling
• ZeroPingNZ

Classless, Fearless FreeBird Members in their endless battle with the fb police:

• 2groggy

Rock On!

UPLEVELING NEWS:

 

@@Bounours levels up to INT BASS as well as

@@genobadass and

@@meelo level up to MC BASS

all for beating the 99.5 on their classes top difficulty

(unless they beg to stay down)

 

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Thank you, but I feel like that 99.5+ on bat country was the biggest fluke of human history. I'd like to stay in advanced bass for now. Unless I hit another 99+ %, if possible :)

@@meelo what is your opinion on both version ? Usually, Songsterr versions are pretty accurate, no ?

I honestly am not sure about which one is correct :(

 

 

I don't understand how to play the first phase in this song (although my score is pretty high). Am I supposed to silence the open string strums in that E0+A14 / E0+A16->14 section or let them sustain? Or are they along with the A-string notes marked as single notes for the sake of clarity?

 

I like to play and let ring all E0's. It seems that playing it for real (for an audience, I mean) you should play the E0 before the A-string slide a little harder than the others (actually the others would be ghost notes maybe), but in RS you are risking a miss doing this way. I am afraid I don't fully understand your second question, but I try to answer: all notes here are distinct notes, as every note missed (all the E0 notes and all the A-strings notes) count as 1 miss. 

 

I meant am I supposed to release my fretting finger on A string as I play the note on E string, and then release fretting finger on E string as I play A string. But as I understand it from the songsterr tabs (although it's tabbed differently), I shouldn't release either of the strings unless I do the 16->14 slide, or move to 9th fret. Hopefully I managed to explain myself better this time. :P

love that music, hate em jazz chords

 

http://up.picr.de/33733450jy.jpg

http://up.picr.de/33733451kj.jpg
 

@@meelo - done.

1st try bass

 

http://up.picr.de/33733595ow.jpg
 

hard one

 

http://up.picr.de/33733786lc.jpg
 

 

 

 

I don't understand how to play the first phase in this song (although my score is pretty high). Am I supposed to silence the open string strums in that E0+A14 / E0+A16->14 section or let them sustain? Or are they along with the A-string notes marked as single notes for the sake of clarity?

 

I like to play and let ring all E0's. It seems that playing it for real (for an audience, I mean) you should play the E0 before the A-string slide a little harder than the others (actually the others would be ghost notes maybe), but in RS you are risking a miss doing this way. I am afraid I don't fully understand your second question, but I try to answer: all notes here are distinct notes, as every note missed (all the E0 notes and all the A-strings notes) count as 1 miss. 

 

I meant am I supposed to release my fretting finger on A string as I play the note on E string, and then release fretting finger on E string as I play A string. But as I understand it from the songsterr tabs (although it's tabbed differently), I shouldn't release either of the strings unless I do the 16->14 slide, or move to 9th fret. Hopefully I managed to explain myself better this time. :P

 

Now it's clear to me. And yes, I would let the notes ring unless I move my hand elsewhere.

@@meelo what is your opinion on both version ? Usually, Songsterr versions are pretty accurate, no ?

I honestly am not sure about which one is correct :(

Short answer is new for lead and bass, old one for rhytm. And songsterr has very different tabbing than either of these versions.

Long answer:

The "original" lead version is missing one G# note (sixth fret on D string) in its main riff. You can clearly hear the note being played in the backing track, but it's not there in the tabs. The newer version includes this note, so at least that part is more accurate on the new one. The intro is

 

Rhytm track is easier in the original, and sounds like it's more accurate as the E string is only played periodically. According to my ear, it's the E3/E5 double stop from the lead track that's being played between the A string notes. The new version strums E5 and F#5 (with octave) and the old one plays E5 and G# (without octave). I honestly can't tell which one is correct. According to songsterr, it's supposed to be G# with octave.

 

Bass is suprisingly clearly more accurate in the new version than the old one.

 

I didn't have an opinion about which version was better, so I decided to try and practice my ability to listen the song to hear what's happening. It was a fun practice to do! I am not experienced with this, so take my words with some caution :) But in conclusion I'd have to say the new track is more accurate than the old one, with the exception of rhytm track.

Again, mistakes in the bends, most of them in the second half. With some more practice I will probably try MM.

For those asking about my version of Sex on Fire (the newer one), I initially made it because I found the sync on the original's rhythm part to be very off, likely because the first note of the song starts at the very end of a measure. I imagine the person who made it wasn't sure what to do with it. 

 

I tend to work from other people's GP5 files, while also looking at tabs, but mostly going by ear. It's actually nice to get all this feedback from you guys. If you have any other specific complaints about my version I'd like to hear them. Not sure when I'll get around to revisiting this one but I want to in time.

@@CJCW no worries, I know you charters all work dead hard on these and when there are multiple paths being talked about I imagine it can feel like a bit of a downer when we are critical. Very much appreciating all you do :)

Never expected to play anything from the 30's and I definitely didn't expect it to be one of the hardest songs I've played in a while

 

99.07 on Arctic Monkeys Bass. If I manage to reach 100%, I'll try Django.

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kMsFIzHbLGzN4hz1Xb_MGEjALfXWOzq5/view?usp=sharing

 

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Have not done this in a long time.

Got a few improved scores

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I may be reading the class rankings wrong, but I'd had 2 or 3 97%+ over the last few weeks and don't see them reflected in the spreadsheet. Doesn't really affect anything, was just curious how the process of deciding skill level worked. 

I tried MM, and...

 

Then I improved the Hard %.

@@ZeroPingNZ did you notice the accuracy on mine? It's tight! And btw, you are playing the wrong version of Sex on fire. It was changed. This is the right one: http://customsforge.com/index.php/page/customsforge_rs_2014_cdlc.html/_/pc-enabled-rs-2014-cdlc/sex-on-fire-r36603

http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week254/week254lead_beg01.png

Got a few improved scores

Updates:

Beginner Lead:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1503433116

 

Beginner Rhymtn:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1503433044

 

Int Lead:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1503433226

 

advanced lead:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1503433181

Some improvements:
http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week254/week254rhytm_int106.png

http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week254/week254rhytm_int204.png

And for the heck of it.
http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week254/week254rhytm_old202.png

After actually playing this version, the initial part sounds more like the backing track, but the power chords don't seem to sound right at all. Maybe it's just the tone settings.

 

Oh and I had to try the master class bass. Started grinding the sections in riff repeater, but memorising the position changes is a tall order. Sounds fun though!
fhttp://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week254/week254bass_mc01.png

small improvements

 

More improvements:

http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week254/week254bass_adv03.png

http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week254/week254rhytm_beg02.png

 

Tried to improve my lead track score, but accidentally played rhytm:
http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week254/week254rhytm_beg03.png

It was only right that on the next actual lead attempt I got the same score :lol:
http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week254/week254lead_beg03.png

 

@ZeroPingNZ Sorry, your turn ;)

Some improvements:

http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week254/week254rhytm_int106.png

 

 

 

How?! The chords here are bizarre. Even Django is easier to play, TBH :)