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Welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship!

-=Week 349=-

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Last week's winners:
Lead:

• Beginner: @DarthStrom
• Intermediate: @DropZone90
• Advanced: @Rodman
• Masterclass: @Snakewizard

Rhythm:

• Beginner: @Balage1976
• Intermediate:  @Hughmonty
• Intermediate Bonus: @Hughmonty
• Advanced: @Mikson
• Masterclass: 'Snakewizard
•  

Bass:

• Beginner: None
• Beginner Bonis: None
• Intermediate:  Mikson
• Advanced: @Rodman
• Masterclass: @Snakewizard
•  

Congrats to all winners. Well done!

Rocksmith Championship Leaderboard

 

This week's songs are:

 

Lead Path:

 

Beginner:        Testman - Midi Surf (3) chosen by @@coldrampage

Intermediate:   Twisted Sister - The Price (5) chosen by @@ZeroPingNZ Week 290

Advanced:       Yngnie Malmsteen - Cantabile OP.10 (7) chosen by @@johnal

Masterclass:   Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Can't Stop (8) Chosen by @NunoJBSilva

God of Guitar: Eric Calderone - Aerials Meets Yngwie (10) chosen by @firekorn

 

 

Rhythm Path:

Beginner:        Marilyn Mason - Sweet Dreams (3)  Week 91
Intermediate:  Twisted Sister - The Price (5)

Advanced:     AC/DC - Big Guns (6) Week 293
Masterclass:  N/A

 

Bass Path:

 

Beginner:        Testman - Midi Surf (3)

Beg Bonus Bass:      Twisted Sister - The Price (3)

Intermediate:   Elton John - The Bitch is Back (5) chosen by @toni-wan

Advanced:      AC/DC - Big Guns (6) Week 293
Masterclass:   Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Can't Stop (9)

 

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

 

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.

@@Rodman

Here is my try at Wish You Were Here.  I had a hard time playing it without vocals, so my daughter stepped up and sang.  

@@diceslinger lovey voice you got there, had myself a wee tear at hearing this..

Try Lead and my feelings:

 

lol

 

Arpeggios grrrrr

 

Hard

 

Pfff

@@diceslinger

 

Wish you were here challenge:

 

 

thats about how i remember that very nice tune now

 

 

@@Rodman

Here is my try at Wish You Were Here.  I had a hard time playing it without vocals, so my daughter stepped up and sang.  

Great job, man!

I´d have my daughter sing along, too but as she doesn´t understand any english yet, that´s not possible.

 

Song of the week is .... i´ll make it a lot easier... let´s go 3 chords only (almost), and let´s tribute a true master. Tom Petty - Free fallin.

Thats an ODLC, if that is no option for you and if you do not wanna learn it by other source, just shout, i have alternatives ready.

 

Everyone of course is welcome and invited to join in.

...i'll try Can't Stop later - just don't want to completely forget to post again like last week!   xP

(I played each on play a song once - didn't ace it the very first time hearing it!)





 

Bass is very hard this week!

 

Twisted Sister is 2...

 

This one is 4 IMO...

 

6...

 

7...

 

I can't slap at all so it seems like 10 to me.

Tough week for me. I don't like beg and Int songs, might try to improve Big Gun, but that's probably unlikely :D 

 

 

 

 

 

@@diceslinger

 

Wish you were here challenge:

 

 

thats about how i remember that very nice tune now

 

 

@@Rodman

Here is my try at Wish You Were Here.  I had a hard time playing it without vocals, so my daughter stepped up and sang.  

Great job, man!

I´d have my daughter sing along, too but as she doesn´t understand any english yet, that´s not possible.

 

Song of the week is .... i´ll make it a lot easier... let´s go 3 chords only (almost), and let´s tribute a true master. Tom Petty - Free fallin.

Thats an ODLC, if that is no option for you and if you do not wanna learn it by other source, just shout, i have alternatives ready.

 

Everyone of course is welcome and invited to join in.

 

Good pick.  My daughter has been singing along with that one since I got Rocksmith.  This is going to be fun!  

 

 

 

to me, this song is a 9.

for a slap/pop song, this is no "Coffee Shop," but still; the comparatively low bpm to other 9s is offset by the completely different playing mechanics required to execute this *properly* (yeah, you can get away with fingering and have the game count it, but the rating should reflect the actual difficulty)

Anyway, I respect if anyone disagrees - that's just my opinion on the difficulty and reasoning behind it!

I was always told, any Bass path with slap and pop in it, is generally a 10. Which can probably stand for Can't Stop. If it was finger-style I'd count it as a 8. It's a hard one to grade and score as impossible to know who is genuinely playing it as intended. If I slap and popped this song I'd probably get 70% if I'm lucky :D

If I was to try and slap and pop this song my hand would look like a whale on a beach getting hit with a 10,000 volt stun gun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nwn9ybsCRk

are we doing the  Eric Calderone - Aerials Meets Yngwie  song again this week?

Don't like this song

 

Arpeggios are hard! Couldn't beat my previous score but I'll try again later this week. Do you hold the chords or move your fingers around when playing these?

 

 

Fun to play 

 

The last time we played it I managed to do score attack but with one X

are we doing the  Eric Calderone - Aerials Meets Yngwie  song again this week?

God of Guitar songs last for two weeks,  so I think we are doing a new one for the next two weeks.

 

 

 

 

to me, this song is a 9.

for a slap/pop song, this is no "Coffee Shop," but still; the comparatively low bpm to other 9s is offset by the completely different playing mechanics required to execute this *properly* (yeah, you can get away with fingering and have the game count it, but the rating should reflect the actual difficulty)

Anyway, I respect if anyone disagrees - that's just my opinion on the difficulty and reasoning behind it!

 

Ok, I think this song should be raised to 9 following feedback.

I change the ratings.

I'd say these are both harder than a four and a five.

 

better

 

 

better!

 

a bit

 

Oooh...I've fallen off my arpeggios.  Need some practice again.

 

Ran this a few times until I stopped making progress.  Getting more comfortable above the 12th fret, but this is the stuff I should be working on.

 

Really thrilled at how my fingers can just play this.  I start screwing up when I start thinking about it.