“One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” by John Lee Hooker – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Back Door Man” by Willie Dixon – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass; Open D – Alt Rhythm
“West Coast Blues” by Wes Montgomery – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Alt Rhythm/Bass
First off, I'm glad they went with the John Lee Hooker version instead of the George Thorogood one that gets too much airplay. Not that I would have minded the Amos Milburn original. West Coast Blues has much more of a jazz sound to it. Oddly enough, for the highest difficulty level for the guitar work in this pack, the bass lines seemed to be the most straight forward. Back Door Man also with with neither the original nor the most popular version of the song.
Looks like I'll have to get my input cable sorted out this week so I can pick up this pack.
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“One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” by John Lee Hooker – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Back Door Man” by Willie Dixon – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass; Open D – Alt Rhythm
“West Coast Blues” by Wes Montgomery – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Alt Rhythm/Bass
First off, I'm glad they went with the John Lee Hooker version instead of the George Thorogood one that gets too much airplay. Not that I would have minded the Amos Milburn original. West Coast Blues has much more of a jazz sound to it. Oddly enough, for the highest difficulty level for the guitar work in this pack, the bass lines seemed to be the most straight forward. Back Door Man also with with neither the original nor the most popular version of the song.
Looks like I'll have to get my input cable sorted out this week so I can pick up this pack.
Man, West Coast Blues lead was hard. Nothing too terribly difficult just to look at it, but relatively fast note runs, many using unfamiliar scale forms, and jumping up & down the neck. (Which probably makes it exactly the song I really should dig into.)
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"1B, 1S, 1B!!!"
"not the Thorogood version"
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Though honestly, it would probably be pretty boring to play for like 80% of it. I still really like the song.
There was some discussion about that on the FB post, and Rocksmith said that the song is at least using classic 12-bar blues structure (which felt true when I was playing it), which is how they justified including it.
“Smile In Your Sleep” – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Smashed Into Pieces – Drop D – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Bleeds No More” – Drop D – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“My Heroine” – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Alt Rhythm/Bass
Silverstein is a Canadian rock band from Burlington, Ontario that formed in 2000. Their band name is a reference to the famous children's author Shel Silverstein, whom the band had admired and read the stories of as children.[1] They have released a total of eight studio albums, three EPs, a compilation album and a live DVD/CD.
Some of those songs look fun to play, though I was a bit confused by having like ten frets lit up at once. Do we need to get a close friend or two to stand behind us while playing?
That said, I really, really dislike screamo so this one is a hard pass for me. Hope some of you enjoy it.
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Oh a happier note, on a whim I booted up the original RS a little bit ago and it actually downloaded my Steam cloud save from like 2013! So now I can go in and play Sunshine of your Love (badly) without having to replay through all of the training modes, etc., to unlock it!
And I'm reminded again that there are features about the original RS that I kind of miss -- putting together multiple songs in a "concert", e.g., and the way that after you finish a track, it plays it back with your actual playing overlaid on it.
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Yeah, not my thing overall, though there are parts of the songs that I enjoy.
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I finally got Rocksmith for PS4! Along with a cheap BC strat ($50 at pawn shop) and real tone cable ($30) and a few songs (mostly surf rock). I played violin and viola many many moons ago, and have been getting into keyboards again, so I have a very basic music background, but really a beginner at guitar.
I like how it treats you as a beginner when learning songs just giving you a few notes at first. I've also started a few of the lessons and Guitarcade games. There's still a huge hill to climb but I'm pretty excited to finally dive into guitar playing, and Rocksmith seems like a great learning tool
Speaking of beginner stuff, is there a way to turn on chord changes or fingerings?
I'm a longtime musician, so I get scales, and I understand chord shapes theoretically. But I don't have the muscle memory down, and it would help if an upcoming section would tell me what shape to make with my hand before playing an arpeggio or whatever.
Speaking of beginner stuff, is there a way to turn on chord changes or fingerings?
I'm a longtime musician, so I get scales, and I understand chord shapes theoretically. But I don't have the muscle memory down, and it would help if an upcoming section would tell me what shape to make with my hand before playing an arpeggio or whatever.
I'm not sure if this is what you mean but when chords come up there are numbers that will tell you to put which finger where
Speaking of beginner stuff, is there a way to turn on chord changes or fingerings?
I'm a longtime musician, so I get scales, and I understand chord shapes theoretically. But I don't have the muscle memory down, and it would help if an upcoming section would tell me what shape to make with my hand before playing an arpeggio or whatever.
I'm not sure if this is what you mean but when chords come up there are numbers that will tell you to put which finger where
Also when you select a song you can look at its chord book before playing.
Speaking of beginner stuff, is there a way to turn on chord changes or fingerings?
I'm a longtime musician, so I get scales, and I understand chord shapes theoretically. But I don't have the muscle memory down, and it would help if an upcoming section would tell me what shape to make with my hand before playing an arpeggio or whatever.
I'm not sure if this is what you mean but when chords come up there are numbers that will tell you to put which finger where
I'd like that, but more ubiquitous, like a heads up for each chord change.
Speaking of beginner stuff, is there a way to turn on chord changes or fingerings?
I'm a longtime musician, so I get scales, and I understand chord shapes theoretically. But I don't have the muscle memory down, and it would help if an upcoming section would tell me what shape to make with my hand before playing an arpeggio or whatever.
I'm not sure if this is what you mean but when chords come up there are numbers that will tell you to put which finger where
Also when you select a song you can look at its chord book before playing.
Hmm, that's not quite what I'm looking for, but it's definitely in the right neighborhood. Thank you!
What makes it a bit difficult, chord wise, is it starts with single notes and if you don’t pay attention to their suggested fingering then when they throw the full chords at you you have to relearn the fingering all over. A lot of the single notes in a chord shape throw me at higher difficulty Due to this. I should just go into the slowdown mode and practice the chord changes.
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What makes it a bit difficult, chord wise, is it starts with single notes and if you don’t pay attention to their suggested fingering then when they throw the full chords at you you have to relearn the fingering all over. A lot of the single notes in a chord shape throw me at higher difficulty Due to this. I should just go into the slowdown mode and practice the chord changes.
There's a lot of little UI things that aren't really covered that well. Here is a bunch of them:
There's also an indicator of when you can leave fingers where they are for the next chord, but I can't remember exactly what it looks like (maybe a number with a filled in white icon?).
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edited August 2018
I've been playing more Rocksmith and picked up a few more songs (Pixies, Dylan and Bowie; 'Man Who Sold The World' always reminds me now of MGSV) as well as tried Session Mode for the first time which is really fun to play even for a guitar noob like me with the note suggestions. I havent even dived into the Tone Designer yet, but I noticed when you buy DLC songs they come with Authentic Tones (which makes me want some Pink Floyd DLC). I still haven't learned chords or finger techniques like sliding yet; the lessons and Guitarcade games seem like good practice for them though (I'm at about a 2/10 right now) https://youtu.be/B1q5G3rJEW8
The hardest part for me is ergonomics. I know my modes and scales and chords, but how the fuck do you not end every session with discomfort in your wrist and shoulder???
Are there any resources that cover those kinds of basics?
The hardest part for me is ergonomics. I know my modes and scales and chords, but how the fuck do you not end every session with discomfort in your wrist and shoulder???
Are there any resources that cover those kinds of basics?
I have seen a good video on that, but for the life of me can't remember who it was by. The gist of it is you want to make sure you have good posture and that you keep your shoulders, arms, elbows, and wrists as loose as possible. It's also a good idea to do some stretches and warm ups before playing. Here's some good ones:
And I just actually played a full concert in RS1 -- YYZ, Sunshine of Your Love and Red Barchetta. And did reasonably well, too. And then it dropped me into an encore: Titus Andronicus' A More Perfect Union. In master (i.e. no visible notes whatsoever) mode. At which point I hit ESC and quit right out of it -- not that it's not a fun song that I've played more than once, but certainly nothing I'm going to even attempt from memory.
“Changes” by David Bowie – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Movies” by Alien Ant Farm – E Standard – Lead/Bass
“Stay (I Missed You)” by Lisa Loeb – E Standard – Bass; Capo Required - Lead/Rhythm
“Touch Of Grey” by Grateful Dead – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
Another lower difficulty pack, but one that should have fairly wide appeal. I mentioned that there was a Lisa Loeb song to a friend and heard, "Oh, I love Stay. That's all I know though." I'm pretty sure 95% of people who like that song will have the same reaction.
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“Changes” by David Bowie – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Movies” by Alien Ant Farm – E Standard – Lead/Bass
“Stay (I Missed You)” by Lisa Loeb – E Standard – Bass; Capo Required - Lead/Rhythm
“Touch Of Grey” by Grateful Dead – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
Another lower difficulty pack, but one that should have fairly wide appeal. I mentioned that there was a Lisa Loeb song to a friend and heard, "Oh, I love Stay. That's all I know though." I'm pretty sure 95% of people who like that song will have the same reaction.
Picked it up and had fun with the leads on Changes & Touch of Grey; will get to the other two sooner or later.
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"Touch of Grey" will always make me think of this:
“Since U Been Gone” – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Behind These Hazel Eyes” – E Standard – Rhythm/Bass; Capo Required - Lead
“My Life Would Suck Without You” – E Standard – Lead/Bass; Capo Required - Rhythm
Pass for me -- if one of the songs was in a variety pack, I'd probably accept it as part of the whole thing, but nothing I'm going to seek out for its own sake.
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edited September 2018
So it appears we're getting "Christian Woman" by Type-O Negative next week. It would be an insta-buy for me because I love that song, but I think it's in B tuning, which eh.... I should just get a 7 string already.
Edit: I wonder if it's the whole song or the shortened version. Hoping for the full song.
Yeah, all the Type O Negative stuff is in B. At least I think everything from them is in B. I know the Bloody Kisses album is which is what that track comes from. I keep trying to convince the wife to let me buy a baritone scale 6 string so I can start a Type O Negative cover band but it hasn't worked out so far. Not sure if saying, "but now it's in Rocksmith!" will help either. I'm going to try though.
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I have my Ibanez strung with .13's, but the action is atrocious on it. It really needs a lot of work. As long as I'm not trying to shred, it should do B well enough. Guess I'll need to get my fingers used to those strings.
“Summer Song” by Joe Satriani – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Christian Woman” by Type O Negative – Custom: B Standard – Lead/Rhythm; E Standard - Bass
“Unsung” by Helmet – Drop D – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
That's 0/3 for me so I'll be leaving this one. The reasons differ, but still a pass. Seriously, B standard?
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Just played Christian Woman. Oh yeah, that's the stuff. My Ibanez actually feels really good at B. As far as I can tell, it's the full song at 9:13, so yay. Also, no censors which kind of surprised me.
That looks like a good pack, but I don't have a guitar set up for B standard. Hell I've stayed away from C Standard stuff in the past for fear that it wouldn't be playable. If I get some time this weekend maybe I'll mess around with the setup on one of em and see if I can make it work.
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“One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” by John Lee Hooker – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Back Door Man” by Willie Dixon – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass; Open D – Alt Rhythm
“West Coast Blues” by Wes Montgomery – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Alt Rhythm/Bass
First off, I'm glad they went with the John Lee Hooker version instead of the George Thorogood one that gets too much airplay. Not that I would have minded the Amos Milburn original. West Coast Blues has much more of a jazz sound to it. Oddly enough, for the highest difficulty level for the guitar work in this pack, the bass lines seemed to be the most straight forward. Back Door Man also with with neither the original nor the most popular version of the song.
Looks like I'll have to get my input cable sorted out this week so I can pick up this pack.
Also...
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Man, West Coast Blues lead was hard. Nothing too terribly difficult just to look at it, but relatively fast note runs, many using unfamiliar scale forms, and jumping up & down the neck. (Which probably makes it exactly the song I really should dig into.)
"not the Thorogood version"
sadface
Though honestly, it would probably be pretty boring to play for like 80% of it. I still really like the song.
...he shouldn't be in a blues pack though.
There was some discussion about that on the FB post, and Rocksmith said that the song is at least using classic 12-bar blues structure (which felt true when I was playing it), which is how they justified including it.
“Smile In Your Sleep” – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Smashed Into Pieces – Drop D – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Bleeds No More” – Drop D – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“My Heroine” – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Alt Rhythm/Bass
Some of those songs look fun to play, though I was a bit confused by having like ten frets lit up at once. Do we need to get a close friend or two to stand behind us while playing?
That said, I really, really dislike screamo so this one is a hard pass for me. Hope some of you enjoy it.
If you ever need to talk to someone, feel free to message me. Yes, that includes you.
Oh a happier note, on a whim I booted up the original RS a little bit ago and it actually downloaded my Steam cloud save from like 2013! So now I can go in and play Sunshine of your Love (badly) without having to replay through all of the training modes, etc., to unlock it!
And I'm reminded again that there are features about the original RS that I kind of miss -- putting together multiple songs in a "concert", e.g., and the way that after you finish a track, it plays it back with your actual playing overlaid on it.
I like how it treats you as a beginner when learning songs just giving you a few notes at first. I've also started a few of the lessons and Guitarcade games. There's still a huge hill to climb but I'm pretty excited to finally dive into guitar playing, and Rocksmith seems like a great learning tool
I'm a longtime musician, so I get scales, and I understand chord shapes theoretically. But I don't have the muscle memory down, and it would help if an upcoming section would tell me what shape to make with my hand before playing an arpeggio or whatever.
I'm not sure if this is what you mean but when chords come up there are numbers that will tell you to put which finger where
Also when you select a song you can look at its chord book before playing.
I'd like that, but more ubiquitous, like a heads up for each chord change.
Hmm, that's not quite what I'm looking for, but it's definitely in the right neighborhood. Thank you!
There's a lot of little UI things that aren't really covered that well. Here is a bunch of them:
https://imgur.com/a/vlxTS#OSh53X4
There's also an indicator of when you can leave fingers where they are for the next chord, but I can't remember exactly what it looks like (maybe a number with a filled in white icon?).
I also personally like Ben Eller and Steve Stine on YouTube.
The hardest part for me is ergonomics. I know my modes and scales and chords, but how the fuck do you not end every session with discomfort in your wrist and shoulder???
Are there any resources that cover those kinds of basics?
My one problem with the guitarcade games is that most (all?) of them don't actually use the note highway from the main game.
I have seen a good video on that, but for the life of me can't remember who it was by. The gist of it is you want to make sure you have good posture and that you keep your shoulders, arms, elbows, and wrists as loose as possible. It's also a good idea to do some stretches and warm ups before playing. Here's some good ones:
I might buy that whole pack.
Yeah, it's got at least two songs that I will definitely want, so I'll probably just grab the whole thing on general principles.
“Changes” by David Bowie – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Movies” by Alien Ant Farm – E Standard – Lead/Bass
“Stay (I Missed You)” by Lisa Loeb – E Standard – Bass; Capo Required - Lead/Rhythm
“Touch Of Grey” by Grateful Dead – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
Another lower difficulty pack, but one that should have fairly wide appeal. I mentioned that there was a Lisa Loeb song to a friend and heard, "Oh, I love Stay. That's all I know though." I'm pretty sure 95% of people who like that song will have the same reaction.
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Picked it up and had fun with the leads on Changes & Touch of Grey; will get to the other two sooner or later.
Harsh but fair.
“Since U Been Gone” – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Behind These Hazel Eyes” – E Standard – Rhythm/Bass; Capo Required - Lead
“My Life Would Suck Without You” – E Standard – Lead/Bass; Capo Required - Rhythm
Pass for me -- if one of the songs was in a variety pack, I'd probably accept it as part of the whole thing, but nothing I'm going to seek out for its own sake.
Edit: I wonder if it's the whole song or the shortened version. Hoping for the full song.
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“Summer Song” by Joe Satriani – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Christian Woman” by Type O Negative – Custom: B Standard – Lead/Rhythm; E Standard - Bass
“Unsung” by Helmet – Drop D – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
That's 0/3 for me so I'll be leaving this one. The reasons differ, but still a pass. Seriously, B standard?
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