welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship

 

-= Week 273 =-

 

 

Hello! It is me, not your usual Moderator! Because this week, I have been granted permission to make my own selection for you guys. What a treat! (maybe) Big thanks to @@Rodman for the opportunity.

 

The theme is; songs covered by other artists! Hope you enjoy, feel free to comment!

 

 Soo let's goooooo!

 

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Read this second =>> Rocksmith 2014 Championship Rules

 

Last week's winners:

 

·         Lead:

Beginner: @@Bounours

Intermediate: @@blejusca

Advanced : @@meelo

MasterClass: @@johnal

God of Guitar: N/A

 

§  Rhythm:

Beginner: @@Buckeyefrank100

Intermediate: @@diceslinger Congrats to Dice on the Rank up from Beginner Rhy!

Advanced: @@meelo

Masterclass: N/A

 

·         Bass:

Beginner: @@KJParsley

Intermediate: @@PinKushin

Advanced: @@meelo

Masterclass: @@MaZtoR

 

Congrats to all winners. Well done!

This week's songs are:

 

Lead Path:

 

Beginner: The Muffs - Kids In America (3) {Kim Wilde - 1981}

Intermediate: The Ataris - Boys of Summer (4) {Don Henley – 1984}

Advanced:  Leo Moracchioli - Elastic Heart (7) {Sia – 2013}

Masterclass: Los Lobos - La Bamba (8) {Ritchie Valens – 1958}

The gods: Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (10) {Bob Dylan – 1967}

 

Rhythm Path:

 

Beginner: The Muffs - Kids In America (2)

Intermediate: The Ataris - Boys of Summer (4)

Advanced: Leo Moracchioli - Elastic Heart (6)

Masterclass: Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (7)

 

Bass Path:

 

Beginner: The Ataris - Boys of Summer (2)

Intermediate: Leo Moracchioli - Elastic Heart (5)

Advanced: Smash Mouth - Why Can't We Be Friends (6) {War – 1975}

Masterclass: Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (9)

 

 

 

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

§  Mellonfarmer

§  PinKushin

§  Rodman

§  RSjeff

§  Sebb

§  Stark_Knight

§  Telboy

§  Toni-Wan Kenobi

§  vjohnal

§  wrentheseedling

§  ZeroPingNZ

 

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

 

·         2groggy

 

 

Let's Rock!

Hey guys, I was only telling meelo just yesterday. That I might have marked Advance Bass incorrectly. 

 

So now consider it a Difficulty 6! 

Looks I played this one before

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Lf7fjCEn6tpf-K73HmuMB28tvX22t1nX-ew7Bs6dWP8/edit#gid=1352249385

Mkay. I just don't want to play that again. Not even going to bother with practice. I just can't stand listening to this guy. :/

http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week273/lead/a03.png

http://u.meelo.org/.rocksmith/week273/rhythm/a01.png

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Lf7fjCEn6tpf-K73HmuMB28tvX22t1nX-ew7Bs6dWP8/edit#gid=1352249385

@@Angelina27 What are you trying to post? Probably something other than link to the leaderboards :o

Had a few minutes to try a little bass.

 

 

@@Angelina27 What are you trying to post? Probably something other than link to the leaderboards :o

sorry guys! I was actually updating my link to the leaderboard, but it's been awhile since I've done that and forgot how :unsure:, all good now, thanks ;) 

Got some good proper playing in.  Sitting on a piano stool instead of the floor, so that's an upgrade.  Hmmm....Just realized I was playing my dad's guitar on my grandmothers piano stool.  That's pretty cool.

 

Anyway...love the picks this week @@Toni-Wan Kenobi! 

 

Kids in America...this version is good, I really like the cover by the Bloodhound Gang tho.

 

 

Took a few tries to get through Boys of Summer without it leveling me down.  Good base to start from I think.

 

The strumming pattern isn't obvious at first (to me anyway), but I think I can do it now.

 

I usually like Leo's covers, but Elastic isn't speaking to me.  However, I was thinking of a quote I heard, if you have a drummer and a bass player and you can only keep one, keep the bass player.  The bass part is very percussive and keeps the beat of the song to me, so I did get into that aspect of it.

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raaaah that outro solo keeps getting me, every strike somewhere at the end, every time

http://i68.tinypic.com/210x9ae.png

 

Was curious to see what a master class bass track was like, yikes!

@@diceslinger Cool man, glad you an so many others are enjoying them!

 

Never heard the bloodhound gangs cover of kids in America before and I love those guy's! I shall check it out.

When I saw you picked a Kids in America cover I thought it HAD to be the cover by the Bloodhound Gang given your song requests by them!

@@diceslinger Cool man, glad you an so many others are enjoying them!

Never heard the bloodhound gangs cover of kids in America before and I love those guy's! I shall check it out.

Here's my first (and probably only) run through for Boys of Summer:

 

 

 

I don't think I had anywhere near the accuracy that is indicated in the score, but there ya have it!

A little RR and I rushed into score attack...probably too soon.

 

No RR, rushed into score attack....definitely too soon!

And while I was in SA and the bass was still in drop D....I hate to say this, but this song is growing on me.  Though I feel like I nail the 7th fret to 2nd fret slides fine for the first part, but then in the middle I start getting misses.  Not sure why.

Had half an hour today

 

Tried SA for a warm-up, not too bad!

 

 

Played it again, slight improvement

 

Question - how do you play this part? Barre on the 4th fret or keep shifting the index finger between B, G, and D strings?

First post.

 

@@ZeroPingNZ

 

Question - how do you play this part? Barre on the 4th fret or keep shifting the index finger between B, G, and D strings?

 

I'm not the best with techniques, but I personally hold my index finger over all 3 stings, an pick between them an use my ring finger  for the 6th fret. But I'm still a noob when it comes to 6-string. I do what's easier for me not whats correct.