Rocksmith 2014 progress report

[Desmond]

Okay this might be a very noob question . But If a person who has no knowledge of guitar buys a random guitar from store , out of excitement ( Which unfortunately is the case with my sister) . How long can it take to learn some amateur level music from youtube and other software ?

If you know nothing, more than 1 week. Because you have to do all the exercises and stuff. Even Rocksmith does not prepare you for all the exercises that you need beforehand.

Once you learn a few chords, then you can start learning songs.

Edit : To be honest, Rocksmith is not a very good teacher. You need some serious exercises to prepare you for playing.

 

[Gollum]

If you know nothing, more than 1 week. Because you have to do all the exercises and stuff. Even Rocksmith does not prepare you for all the exercises that you need beforehand.

Once you learn a few chords, then you can start learning songs.

Edit : To be honest, Rocksmith is not a very good teacher. You need some serious exercises to prepare you for playing.

I disagree. You can learn a lot from it. And the guitarcade games are a good exercise.
Just play more songs and you can alyaws learn techniques from YouTube.

 

[Desmond]

Nope. In guitarcade, you have to concentrate on the games and not on what you are playing. Rocksmith has a high tolerance level for mistakes. Such mistakes will not do in the real world.

 

[izzikio_rage]

So for a person who has been learning exclusively from rocksmith for the past few months what do you suggest are the additional things to do.

 

[Desmond]

First of all do this exercise :
1-2-3-4-
1-2-3-4-
1-2-3-4-
1-2-3-4-
1-2-3-4-
1-2-3-4-

This will increase your finger strength and agility.

 

[Gollum]

Is 1234 the fingers from index to pinky?

 

[Desmond]

Yes..

 

[Gollum]

Yes..

cool, will do it. I can normally go 4321 but the other way is a bit slow

Any other tip sensei

 

[Desmond]

The reason you are doing 1234 and not 4321 is because ascending scales are played on that way. Therefore, it's more important to practice 1234 than 4321.

 

[izzikio_rage]

This I've been doing for sometime now. My main problem now is that on fast changes i tend to mute the strings. Either because the picking and holding are not at the same time or because the finger holds the string wrong

 

[Desmond]

You need the above exercise. First ensure that your finger is positioned correctly and your string does not mute or buzz while playing. It will become right with practice.

Edit : You don't have to play fast. Start slow first.

 

[izzikio_rage]

Good advise, will start focusing on the correct placement of fingers at a slow speed. Will then build up speed

 

[izzikio_rage]

finally got my first 100%

*cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/451795117698231362/89C915CE3132F2EDE5E520D0C62FAD21B5587004/

 

[srkmish]

I have a question. Is getting better in this game equivalent to getting better in real? As desmond mentioned, i have hesitation in trying out this. What if incorrect technique sets in (just to get high scores in game) and the real world playing gets affected?

 

[Gollum]

finally got my first 100%

*cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/451795117698231362/89C915CE3132F2EDE5E520D0C62FAD21B5587004/

That is such an easy song loooooooooooool hahaha but it does give you a nice feeling na?

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I have a question. Is getting better in this game equivalent to getting better in real? As desmond mentioned, i have hesitation in trying out this. What if incorrect technique sets in (just to get high scores in game) and the real world playing gets affected?

I knew nothing about guitar before picking up the game. Now I can play a lot of songs, I am still learning chords but I don't like playing chords.
I learned many techniques, like vibrato, bends, slides, harmonics with proper techniques on how to do the same.

Your learning curve depends on how much you practice and what youwant to achieve.
The game is not going to teach you about music. But how to use the instrument to get the desired result.
It tells you how to hold a chord but how to change between different chords is upto how fast you learn to train your fingers.
It will give muscle memory to your fingers and make it easier for them to find the right string at the right time.

 

[izzikio_rage]

Feels great to have atleast something at 100%

Srk, even learning the wrong technique is upto you. The game will show you the finger placement, the timings etc. Now if you decide to cheat by continuously strumming and randomly hitting notes then its your fault. Its a tool, how best to use it is upto you. It will make the practice sessions really fun and easy, wi give you challenges and basically make the long hours of practice more fun

 

[Gollum]

Can you guys suggest some good songs for me to learn from customs forge

I prefer E-standard but I can always change my guitar tuning

 

[izzikio_rage]

Well, customs have a really crazy amout of songs so it'll depend on what genre you like. I'm trying out a couple of linkin park songs these days, iridescent and what I've done. Plus how far we've come from matchbox 20, demons from imagine dragons and knights of cydonia by muse

 

[Gollum]

Well I finally bought this song. I just love to play it.
*i.imgur.com/rECApYe.jpg

 

[izzikio_rage]

its an amazing song, I played it a lot in the inital days since before the chords come in the notes are pretty easy to play . However the chords are a little tough, am on 60% odd on this. Great song.

BTW, my recent attempts have been on "How far we've come" by matchbox 20. Great song, really fun to play as well