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welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship

 

-= Week 272 =-

 

 

 

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

 

Last week's winners:

• Lead:

Beginner: @@Toni-Wan Kenobi
Intermediate: @@diceslinger
Advanced : @@Anwyn
MasterClass: @@Mortalo

 

God of Guitar: @@johnal

• Rhythm:

Beginner: @@diceslinger

Beginner 2 : @[member=Diceslinger]

Intermediate: @@Hughmonty
Advanced: N/A
Masterclass: @@Mortalo

• Bass:

Beginner: @@KJParsley

Beginner Bonus: @@RdGkA
Intermediate: @@diceslinger

Advanced: @@pedropmf
Masterclass: @@Poutzy

 

Congrats to all winners. Well done!

This week's songs are:

Lead Path:

Beginner:  Kings of Leon - King of the Rodeo (3) chosen by @@Toni-Wan Kenobi

Intermediate: Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Requiem (The Fifth) (4) chosen by @@ZeroPingNZ

Advanced:  Def Leppard - Bringing On The Heartbreak  (7) chosen by @@Anwyn

Masterclass:   Rainbow - Can't Happen Here (9) chosen by @@MaZtoR

 

The gods needs some rest

 

Rhythm Path:

Beginner: Kings of Leon - King of the Rodeo (2)
Intermediate: Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Requiem (The Fifth) (4)
Advanced: Def Leppard - Bringing On The Heartbreak  (6)

Masterclass: N/A

 

Bass Path:

 

Beginner:  Kings of Leon - King of the Rodeo (3)

Intermediate: Def Leppard - Bringing On The Heartbreak  (4)
Advanced: Rainbow - Can't Happen Here (6)

Masterclass: Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Requiem (The Fifth) (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
• Anwyn
• Birdassasin
• blejusca
• Bounours
• Cymbrogi
• diceslinger
• Fandaru
• fjon
• fkbackpack
• fmsjames
• Hughmonty
• mackaybre
• MaZtoR
• meelo
• PinKushin
• Rodman
• RSjeff
• Sebb
• Stark_Knight
• Telboy
• vjohnal
• wrentheseedling
• ZeroPingNZ
• Mellonfarmer

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

• 2groggy

Let's Rock!

King of the Rodeo is harder than I remember  :P

 

Let's start this week !

Lead:

Rhythm:

I had the impression to play ukulele...

But moving only finger during the whole song makes MM doable ;)

Bass:

Scores from testing.

@Anwyn The advanced and masterclass part of the song selection list is almost empty, so you have a big chance to get picked there.  

 

Would be good if you all helped fill them a little.

 

 

@Toni-Wan Kenobi  @ZeroPingNZ   Your wish is my command.  

Swapping places on the adv and mc bass.

 

Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Requiem (The Fifth) Is now Bass Masterclass

 

Rainbow - Can't Happen Here is now Bass Advanced

Hi guys!

 

Here is my performance in Trans-Siberian song, bass path...

 

https://slack-files.com/TEV06SA1G-FF7NRHTPF-ebad69e8f4

Yes, but it is probably just me getting a little too into it and trying Pete Townshend moves  ;)

Doe's anybody keep missing the last note?

 

more scores......... needs a little improvement me thinks

 

my first attempt was 77% so i was happy to get over 80%

 

 

 

 

 

ouch.... not good for the RSI   :(

todays improvements.

 

 

Great fun to play.

 

 

I'm usually not a Def leppard fan, but i enjoy both listening and playing this song.

 

 

Always love Rainbow and i enjoy Richie Blackmores style of playing.

Hy guys!

 

Here is may performance at Rainbow song...

 

 

 https://slack-files.com/TEV06SA1G-FF7QM4E8M-e72ffc3ba1

Building a "I need to practice routine" ... add scale practice to build speed!

 

 

 

 

The Rhythm track is more difficult to keep up.

 

The start is difficult, hence the 2 strikes, but after that it went well

However, It seems like the bass and Rhythm part of Requiem are very similar. Why is one a 4 (on guitar) and the other one a 7 (on bass) ?

Bigger neck ? Right hand technique ?

Some firsties

http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week272/lead/b01.png

This one is a gem! Fun one to play.

http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week272/lead/i01.png

 

If I can play the arpeggio consistently by the end of the week, I'm a happy man.
http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week272/lead/a01.png

http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week272/rhythm/a01.png

new acuracy in cant happen here...

 

https://slack-files.com/TEV06SA1G-FF7EAKT6G-12123b34d0

Hey hey everyone!

A few runs on bass,

 

Looking for that one last note to complete the set.

 

Wow...this is a finger flying workout!  I think RS was generous, it didn't sound that good.

 

Gave it some practice love. Decided that the best way to train the arpeggio part is to turn off rocksmith and just remember the chord changes.

http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week272/lead/a03.png

TSO Lead

 

My first submission for the week.  Needless to say I'm done with rhythm.

 

My bass submission so far

 

and lead

 

Don't know why I've never played this song before, but I love it!

Some unplugged morning practice. I guess this makes me a happy man.

 

Sounds a lot nicer unplugged than in rocksmith. That open D in rocksmith sounds way too loud and in overall the tone of that clean is way too loud. It's supposed to be a pretty quiet phrase.

 

However, It seems like the bass and Rhythm part of Requiem are very similar. Why is one a 4 (on guitar) and the other one a 7 (on bass) ?

Bigger neck ? Right hand technique ?

 

Basses have larger frets, bigger distance between strings, higher action and thicker strings.  All those things makes it harder to play fast.  

I find it a lot easier to play this on a guitar.

@@johnal - i processed your namechange in the leaderboard - you might wanna check the next weeks if all is good.