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Welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship!

-= Week 591 =-

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Previous' week Winners are:

Lead:
- Beginner: @lowender (84)
- Intermediate: @Satinuke (99.69)
- Advanced: @Mikson (95.6)
- Masterclass: @shaggy_malagy (90)
- God of Guitar: Leader after week 1 is @shaggy_malagy (88), 1 week left... KEEP ROCKING!!!

Rhythm:
- Beginner: LOST TROPHY
- Intermediate: @drand (98.86)
- Intermediate Bonus: @loudly (98.34)
- Advanced: @Mikson (96.06)
- Masterclass: @RaZrShReD (97)

Bass:
- Beginner: @Willyam (89)
- Beginner Bonus: LOST TROPHY
- Intermediate: @loudly (95.66)
- Intermediate Bonus: @loudly (97.46)
- Advanced: @robolechuga (98.04)
- Masterclass: @shaggy_malagy (98.63)
- Masterclass Bonus: @JobwanMojo (96.48)

 

 

 

 

 

Congrats to all winners. Well done!

 

This week's songs are:

Lead Path:
Beginner: Shawn Mendes - Señorita (3*) (E Standard) selected by Daz40
Intermediate: Pierce the Veil - Hold On Till May (ft. Lindsey Stamey) (5) (Eb Standard) selected by loudly
Advanced: Toto - Africa (7*) (E Standard) selected by Rodman
Masterclass: Galneryus - Heavenly Punishment (9*) (Eb Standard) selected by Mikson
God of Guitar: Joe Bonamassa - Blues Deluxe (9) (E Standard) selected by cacahuate51 [Week 2 of 2]

Rhythm Path:
Beginner: Pierce the Veil - Hold On Till May (ft. Lindsey Stamey) (4) (Eb Standard) selected by loudly
Intermediate: Pierce the Veil - Hold On Till May (ft. Lindsey Stamey) (4) (Eb Standard) selected by loudly
Advanced: Shawn Mendes - Señorita (6) (E Standard) selected by Daz40
Masterclass: Galneryus - Heavenly Punishment (8.5) (Eb Standard) selected by Mikson

Bass Path:
Beginner: Pierce the Veil - Hold On Till May (ft. Lindsey Stamey) (3*) (Eb Standard) selected by loudly
Intermediate: Toto - Africa (5) (E Standard) selected by Rodman
Advanced: Shawn Mendes - Señorita (6) (E Standard) selected by Daz40
Masterclass: Galneryus - Heavenly Punishment (8.5) (Eb Standard) selected by Mikson

(N) - difficulty rating
(N*) - highest difficulty rating for the class (promotion to higher class possible)
(N^) - difficulty rating higher than the highest for the class (promotion possible)

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

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SIDE CHALLENGE REBOOT - Let´s COVER some [22]

Toto - Africa
Details? see post below.

3 hours ago, johnal said:

Hmm, this one gave me a few misses I did not miss (I tried a few times)!  Also, much easier than rodman's since the speed is just in bursts.

Great score
Maybe Rs having trouble at faster speeds with note detection 

Although I think the trick is, at the faster speeds to follow the metronome more than the notes onscreen.

quick video of the last few phrases

 

 

Felt like more than what I got. have another go then. right I will

 

Here is a little part up to the chorus.  Needs much work, but, was very fun to work on.

Bass play tests:
i played them yesterday so i dont remember 100%
 Thanks Rodman for the week!




classic toto song!  to me it seemed harder to 100% first try just cause of the higher riffs at the end, but im happy with harder stuff in intermediate. the rest of the song is pretty simple so i guess i understand.


yea fun! the only path iliked from the cdlc.  I'd personally give it a 5 or even lower, just cause its just one progression that repeats almost all song and then it goes an octave lower and doesnt seem too technical. but maybe thats just me.

seemed pretty easy but yea gl to those who dont use a pick. I goofed up on a wrong fret on the long streaks so i probably missed a ton that i shouldnt have.

So far my recordings in the DAW have been horrendous lol it ain't my time

Also trying to dabble in fingerstyle this week and I already messed up my right hand ooops been watching too many Paul Davids YT videos 

Anyway new scores, 

Songs like these make me wonder why i'm in masterclass heh.
 

I'd give this a 4.5 maximum if it were a cdlc done properly, since again like bass, its just a chord progression that repeats non stop. But intermediate and not begginer cause most begginners dont really do fingerstyle (although i think its something that they should practice / it might be easier for them)

I think the cdlc would benefit from a rework cause the chords are currently not so obvious at first glance/positioning. Same with lead path, they couldve combined paths to make it more entertaining or done a vocal path. Had tested it before and didnt pick it cause yea, not a fan seems a bit lazzy imo but owell. 
I do like the song though, probably one of my favorites of pop songs that year.



Pretty easy song however I think the lack of sections would make it a pain to practice.  ptv

5 hours ago, Vodka said:

Woaaa nice one!!

Just gonna sneak this one in here, don't tell the others, maybe I can get another win in a category this week.

I did this guide for anyone who is bored feel free to read .

maybe it can help people be more aware of issues in charts/ have less charts being submitted in the suggestions list with potential errors
 

Its kinda long but i thought i should explain it as much as possible for anyone who isn't aware of the things. 

9 hours ago, Daz40 said:

Great score
Maybe Rs having trouble at faster speeds with note detection 

Although I think the trick is, at the faster speeds to follow the metronome more than the notes onscreen.

quick video of the last few phrases

Hah! That is very similar to the speed building excercise 1 i use evry day. Will be up in the next days.

11 hours ago, drand said:

So far my recordings in the DAW have been horrendous lol it ain't my time

Don´t you quit! 😉

Was listening back to an older recording with my daughter, I think she was maybe 13, I did all the music except the drums (I found a drum track with no music).  It is really nice to do things like this and listen back and see improvement.  My daughter sings so much better now, ahh youth.   So, yeah, record yourself!

First scores for this week!!! 🤩🤩 Definitely an improvement on last week!

 

2 hours ago, johnal said:

Was listening back to an older recording with my daughter, I think she was maybe 13, I did all the music except the drums (I found a drum track with no music).  It is really nice to do things like this and listen back and see improvement.  My daughter sings so much better now, ahh youth.   So, yeah, record yourself!

Very nice cover!! Always loved paramores vocals and it always surprises me that hayley started that band when she was 16.

Your daughter has a great timbre for rock music!  Would love to see if shes sang more songs now that shes more experienced. 

Update

Oh boy, my endurance is bad 

Do you guys have other excercises? I downloaded Bernth charts one time but they are freaking hard, i cannot play those.

That shawn mendes song is waaayyy to high at 7

More improvements:

And some wild experiments with a pickup on an old acoustic guitar  🤣

18 hours ago, drand said:

Woaaa nice one!!

Thank you! But I'm not completely satisfied. I feel like I can a little better. I'm trying and trying and nothing. It's time to start with lead part but I didn't finished rhythm yet.

Me working on posting a respectable score on Africa

I got a couple extra tickets for the struggle bus if anyone needs one.  @ cacahuate51  your score shows that you found a different route, alas it seems that Skynet has broken and given you a really high score.

 

14 hours ago, robolechuga said:

 

 

I got a couple extra tickets for the struggle bus if anyone needs one.  @ cacahuate51  your score shows that you found a different route, alas it seems that Skynet has broken and given you a really high score.

😎 yup that 99% was really hard to get and perfectly valid.

jk The automatic system just picked up my weezer score, should be fixed now (I made that score invalid in react and added my score manually) thanks for pointing it out!

EDIT:ok i fixed @ johnal s score aswell since it automatically puled his score from the exercise

14 hours ago, Satinuke said:

Oh boy, my endurance is bad 

Do you guys have other excercises? I downloaded Bernth charts one time but they are freaking hard, i cannot play those.

More is upcoming! I am working on an ongoing course.
I´m trying to work on the same excercises every day for a month or so - to help develope muscle memory and to see the progress (which comes quite fast).
I´ll post the links here again as soon as i have new stuff.

I think the trickiest part was to change the bass tone in 3 seconds before the notes started running 😄
Difficulty is not 7 I think, maybe 4.5 - 5. But fun to play, as long as you keep a good bass tone or two in your sleeve.

I will not try to bang my head against a wall and get 100%. That's could be possible but in my case it will more lucky coincidence than skill. So I stop here now:

I also made result with 217 streak but surprisingly with 98.77% accuracy only.

And if someone as blind as myself:

 There's a bend too.

 

Tried to fix sections in Lead to practice it in more convenient way. But I'm doing something wrong. Nothing has changed in RS.