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Welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship!

 

-= Week 345=-

 

 

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Last week's winners:
Lead:

• Beginner: @@DarthStrom
• Intermediate: @@DropZone90
• Advanced: @@meelo
• Masterclass: @@johnal
• GOG leader : @Snakewizard (w3/4)

Rhythm:

• Beginner: @RoR
• Intermediate:  @@Hughmonty
• Advanced: @@Mikson
• Masterclass: N/A

Bass:

• Beginner: N/A
• Intermediate: @Mikson
• Advanced: @@Hyphema
• Masterclass: @@Snakewizard
• GOB leader @Snakewizard (w3/4)

 

Congrats to all winners. Well done!

Rocksmith Championship Leaderboard

 

This week's songs are:

 

Lead Path:

 

Beginner:     The Ventures - Apache (3) chosen by @Toni-Wan Kenobi 

Intermediate:   Royal Republic - Underwear (5) chosen by @@RSjeffH ( Also played in w91, w146 & w280 ) Making it's 4th appearance, a popular requested song!

Advanced:       Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (7) chosen by @NunoJBSilva & @@HollyMakrell  ( Many thanks goes to @@Nacholede for improving this chart )

Masterclass:    Iron Maiden - The Nomad  (8)  by @@Nacholede

God Of Guitar:    Buckethead Gold Dragon - full song   week 4 of 4 chosen by DZ Final Week!!!

 

 

Rhythm Path:

Beginner:         N/A 

Intermediate:  Royal Republic - Underwear (5)

Advanced:     Billy Idol - Rebel Yell(6)

Masterclass:   Iron Maiden - The Nomad (7)

 

Bass Path:

 

Beginner:        The Ventures - Apache (3)

Intermediate: Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (5)

Advanced:     Royal Republic - Underwear (5.5)

Masterclass:  Iron Maiden - The Nomad (8)

God Of Bass:    Buckethead Gold Dragon - full song   week 4 of 4  Final Week!!!

 

 

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:
(draft - to be updated after CCL update)

• Angelina27
• Anwyn
• Birdassasin
• blejusca
• Bounours
• Cymbrogi
• diceslinger
• Fandaru
• fjon
• fkbackpack
• fmsjames
• Hughmonty
• mackaybre
• MaZtoR
• meelo
• PinKushin
• RdGkA
• Rodman
• RSjeff
• Sebb
• Stark_Knight
• Telboy
• vjohnal
• wrentheseedling
• ZeroPingNZ
• Mellonfarmer
• Toni-Wan Kenobi

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

• 2groggy 

Let us know your opinions on the accuracy of the difficulty scores (1-10) for this weeks songs.

If MC and ADV guitarist would like Rebel Yell, swapped with The Nomad, today would be the day to speak up, before we get deeper into the week. 

Thanks,

Master Kenobi

@@Toni-Wan Kenobi

I'm on yes, but I will agree with the majority, if they don't want to. In Nomad I did 90% accuracy on the first try, in Rebel Yell it will require more effort, so it should be swapped IMO.

 

 

@@Toni-Wan Kenobi

I'm on yes, but I will agree with the majority, if they don't want to. In Nomad I did 90% accuracy on the first try, in Rebel Yell it will require more effort, so it should be swapped IMO.

Noted!

 

Maybe make Nomad a MC/ADv class battle and extra credit rebel yell :)

I remember playing Rebel Yell for the first time. The chart was all over the place really

If you guys want, i can chart an alternate version of Rebel Yell

For me, The Nomad is hard for both lead and rhythm. Rebel is a bit easier 

@@Nacholede can you put another chart together by tomorrow or wed? That would be a blast. I will give my ratings tomorrow morning.

@@Nacholede can you put another chart together by tomorrow or wed? That would be a blast. I will give my ratings tomorrow morning.

I'll try to chart it for tonight! If i finish it a bit earlier, i'll upload it on Ignition and here

 

Agree with Nacholede, the Rebel Yell chart makes it harder.
 

In the slides in Rebel Yell it does not list the end note, like Nomad.  BTW: Nomad is an amazing chart!

Rebel Yell's chart is finished! 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tzZVDBuSa9Cx2QR49NSntWIuCCpXCAO3/view?usp=sharing

@@Nacholede

Your version sounds better. It is still quite difficult to play, but I definitely prefer this version!

 

 

Woh this is a complete redo, great job!   Now I just need to practice a little.

 

I just need to work on the solo section...the song plays very nicely!

Thank you guys! If there's any issue, let me know

Rebel Yell's chart is finished! 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tzZVDBuSa9Cx2QR49NSntWIuCCpXCAO3/view?usp=sharing

The solo part has a lot of broken notes from bends and slides. These are really nasty looking.

 

In the beginning (second phrase), there is a 1.5 step bend marked to pinch harmonic on 5th fret, that sounds like it's wrong. The first note should be unpinched and the second one is a pinch. There is no bending involved. It's supposed to be the same as few bars before.

 

I only gave it a quick sightread/sync check without playing. That solo does need more attention to details, but for a two hour job, that's hell of a lot better than the original was.

 

Rhythm had no major issues. The sustains do sometimes overlap with next notes, which does cause issues with readability, note acceptance and SA scoring. It looks a lot cleaner if the sustains are marked to end like 16th or 32nd note before the next note is due. And further polishing would require attention to details on those finger positions and such, but that's a whole another subject :)

 

Rebel Yell's chart is finished! 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tzZVDBuSa9Cx2QR49NSntWIuCCpXCAO3/view?usp=sharing

The solo part has a lot of broken notes from bends and slides. These are really nasty looking.

 

In the beginning (second phrase), there is a 1.5 step bend marked to pinch harmonic on 5th fret, that sounds like it's wrong. The first note should be unpinched and the second one is a pinch. There is no bending involved. It's supposed to be the same as few bars before.

 

I only gave it a quick sightread/sync check without playing. That solo does need more attention to details, but for a two hour job, that's hell of a lot better than the original was.

 

I had a lot of problems with the solo. I couldn't test the chart so i'll take a look at those things now 

This one's a bit of a challenge for me as well.  I'll give it my best...

 

Question to advanced bass players. Parts like the one in the picture, do you play with single finger or alternately with two fingers?

 

 

Hitting with one finger I have better sound and accuracy, but I lose speed and after a few minutes I feel tired in my hand. Hitting alternately with two fingers seems more natural, but I hit less cleanly, probably not enough practice ;)