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Welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship!

-= Week 410 =-

Theme Week: Through the Decades

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Last week's winners

ead:

•     Beginner: @ kayteck
•     Intermediate: @ Banjoclan
•     Advanced: @ Anitomer
•     Masterclass: @ johnal

Rhythm:

•     Beginner: @ LacrimaLuna
•     Intermediate: @ Daz40
•     Advanced: @ Mikson
•     Masterclass: N/A

Bass:

•     Beginner: @ rodentwentyten
•     Intermediate: @ ShankD
•     Advanced: @ Mikson
•     Masterclass: @ coldrampage

Congrats to all winners. Well done!

Rocksmith Championship Leaderboard

This week's songs are:

Lead Path:

Beginner:   James Blunt - You're Beautiful (3) from 2005 chosen by @ Mikson

Intermediate:  Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels (5) from 1985, my choice

Advanced:  Volbeat - Our Loved Ones (6) from 2013 chosen by @ DropZone90

Advanced Bonus:  Stevie Wonder - As (8) from 1976, my choice 

Masterclass:  Faith No More - Evidence (8) from 1995, my choice

GOG:  Alestorm - Curse of the Crystal Coconut Full Album (10) week 2/4

Rhythm Path:

Beginner:  Faith No More - Evidence (3.5)

Intermediate:  James Blunt - You're Beautiful (4)

Intermediate Bonus: Volbeat - Our Loved Ones (5)

Advanced:  Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels (6)

Masterclass:  Stevie Wonder - As (7)

GOR:  Alestorm - Curse of the Crystal Coconut Full Album (8 ?) week 2/4

Bass Path:

Beginner:  James Blunt - You're Beautiful (2)

Beginner Bonus: Volbeat - Our Loved Ones (3)

Intermediate:  Faith No More - Evidence (5)

Advanced:  Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels (7)

Masterclass:  Stevie Wonder - As (8.5)

GOB:  Alestorm - Curse of the Crystal Coconut Full Album (7 ?) week 2/4

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

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

 

I'm posting the new week early for personal schedule reasons but I won't finalize Week 409 winners until tonight US time. This week is a theme week as each song on the main paths/difficulties is from a different decade representing 50 years of music history (1970s-2010s). A good mix of genres as well, with soul/r&b, new wave, alternative, pop, and hard rock/metal all represented. 

Note: As by Stevie Wonder is a real endurance test - good luck!

wow what a great week dude, enjoyed playing these sight reads:

some songs got the 100% bug i will run the fix program before my next play

great begginer song

this one is really fun i recommend everyone to try play it, never heard this song before and i love it. what great musicianship

great riff in this one

hard song, dont really care for Faith No More tho

 

James Blunt rhythm requires capo which i dont have @ jellisjenius might want to write that in the download section?

lead part is more fun, but this song is great

saw Stevie Wonder is 7 min song so decided to skip it lol

have a nice week everybody!

 

@ jellisjenius

I can see that most of the songs from this selection I tested and rated before, so you probably followed my guitar paths rating on the selection sheet. I see you swapped ratings for Lead and Rhythm of Stevie Wonder's song, I played it once but I think Lead was a bit more difficult (will try again).

Evidence you can give 8, I rated it 7.5 on the first try but then I played again and figured it was 8 after all, I just forgot to change it in the worksheet.

good lord... I should not have tried the Stevie Wonder song first! My hands are dead now. They died at around the 5:00 mark. I swear the bass player is a cyborg!

I think that song is a 9 bass at least - combo of difficulty (tough riff that varies) and sheer length - don't fight me on that lol

OP updated to reflect the week 409 winners - congrats to all!

@ Hyphema  Yes I originally rated it a 9 difficulty for the reason you mentioned - the last 2-3 minutes of the song my hands were just dead. Either way it's worthy of Masterclass. 

2 hours ago, Mikson said:

@ jellisjenius

I can see that most of the songs from this selection I tested and rated before, so you probably followed my guitar paths rating on the selection sheet. I see you swapped ratings for Lead and Rhythm of Stevie Wonder's song, I played it once but I think Lead was a bit more difficult (will try again).

Evidence you can give 8, I rated it 7.5 on the first try but then I played again and figured it was 8 after all, I just forgot to change it in the worksheet.

Thanks! Yes you're right, not sure how I got the difficulties switched on As but fortunately it won't affect the tierings this week. I will go ahead and update those and Evidence difficulties in the OP.

Some playtest scores...seems I didn't save my scores from You're Beautiful or Evidence:

This one is a lot of fun to play and rather unique:

This is the hand destroyer but much love and respect to both Stevie Wonder and Nathan Watts (the bassist on this recording):

 

That high part at the 20th fret is pretty tricky, will need more RR on that.

That first strike scared me lol

So can someone  confirm am  I in intermediate bass, intermediate rhythm and beginner lead ??  

that voice...

2 hours ago, Daz40 said:

So can someone  confirm am  I in intermediate bass, intermediate rhythm and beginner lead ??  

As I can see in the score sheet, you are in beginner class for guitar (Lead & Rhythm) and intermediate class for bass.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WN-m8wF0lVkQ4cLWHBa009SkqDoPk0xN-C4-llcrXXs/edit#gid=1580548609

22 minutes ago, Mikson said:

As I can see in the score sheet, you are in beginner class for guitar (Lead & Rhythm) and intermediate class for bass.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WN-m8wF0lVkQ4cLWHBa009SkqDoPk0xN-C4-llcrXXs/edit#gid=1580548609

Ok got it.

I'm down as winning intermediate ryhthm is all 🤔

nice, that is a hard (3)

 

 

 

good int (5)

 

 

 

nice adv, it´s a (7)

 

 

 

 

better

 

 

 

and a good one

 

 

 

 

 

bass 1st try

3 strikes on first 2 attempts

better

 

 

 

 

Really struggled with the sight reading on this, I think I will have try to memorize a few parts.

 

RR helped a lot...