nero0410
Distinguished Member
Thought I'd make one thread to help track progress with Rocksmith/2014 and learning in general.
I think it'll help me remind myself of what and how I have done due to poor memory and hopefully it will help others too.
I'll reserve a few posts, and update one at a time to keep track of things.
Please feel free to do the same, it'd be nice to see how others are progressing and what tips and tricks they learned too.
Obviously feel free to ask any questions
Any questions I'll highlight in red, otherwise any advice is always appreciated.
Rocksmith/2014 -
As many of you know I started last week with some basics and tried a couple of songs, I have been mainly concentrating on the 'Lessons' section, and I have made some progress there in just a week (well, technically 4-5 days learning an hour or so a day).
First day (May 14th 2014):
Today (May 21st 2014):
Over the past week, my hand, fingers and wrist have gotten a little better bit by bit, I'm not quite holding the guitar at it's most comfortable for me, it's getting there but not there yet.
I have been doing the lessons almost every day and tried a few songs that have gradually 'levelled up' in difficulty adding in more notes and I think some chords.
I have gotten faster and faster with the shifting, started off only using index and middle finger, but now I'm starting to try to use my ring finger a bit more too.... as for my little finger, it's just not going where I tell it to go. I guess it still needs training, but for the moment I can't do anything with it.
Sustains I think I have gotten down, I found this easier than shifting, I imagine as there is less finger work involved.
Slides I am having problems with, and although its a '101', I think it's more of an advanced technique.
It also get's you switching between about 3 strings, there hasn't really been any work on that in game prior to this lesson (other than in the songs), so I'm finding it difficult to switch strings quick enough. It will help when I know exactly where the strings are without looking, but it's early days yet so I'm still getting to grips with a 'feel' for the guitar.
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I can touch type on my system easily, which I presume is muscle memory, as I use my keyboard (computer) every day, so would this be the same/similar thing to using a guitar?
The chords lesson must be bugged, it's given me 95% and I'm damn sure I was touching other strings when I shouldn't be and wasn't sure which strings were to be strummed and which not to.
I am having a problem with these a lot, especially now I have done this they are starting to appear in songs. Switching strings was bad enough, doing that and having my fingers on the right chord is impossible for me at this moment in time, so a lot of riff repeating is going on and trying to find the right shape for my hand to be in isn't really shown in game as far as I can tell.
Tremolo is a little strange too, as I know I didn't do it as fast as the person in the game done it when having a go at that, sometimes I only found the string and picked it a few times, it didn't sound anything like it should have done as my strumming/picking in this case is currently not fast enough.
Though I think this is another advanced technique for me, so I'll be leaving that one alone for a bit.
Non-Rocksmith -
I have been watching the beginners course with JustinGuitar.com, I can see and hear clearly what I need to do and am currently trying to learn to read tabs and trying to get my hand shaped for the 'D' chord without having any fleshy bits on any other strings. It's proving difficult to me to say the least, but thats about as far as I'm going until I get this 'D' chord and hand shape down.
I have talked to a guy in the music shop we have a few times now, and he has said that he does lessons after the store closes at £12 for 30 minutes.
I'm not sure how much these things usually cost, but I thought it might be an idea if I go for a couple sometime when I can afford it for some basic in person beginners stuff that might help with how to hold my guitar comfortable, find the right shape for my hand etc....
tris
I think it'll help me remind myself of what and how I have done due to poor memory and hopefully it will help others too.
I'll reserve a few posts, and update one at a time to keep track of things.
Please feel free to do the same, it'd be nice to see how others are progressing and what tips and tricks they learned too.
Obviously feel free to ask any questions
Any questions I'll highlight in red, otherwise any advice is always appreciated.
Rocksmith/2014 -
As many of you know I started last week with some basics and tried a couple of songs, I have been mainly concentrating on the 'Lessons' section, and I have made some progress there in just a week (well, technically 4-5 days learning an hour or so a day).
First day (May 14th 2014):
Today (May 21st 2014):
Over the past week, my hand, fingers and wrist have gotten a little better bit by bit, I'm not quite holding the guitar at it's most comfortable for me, it's getting there but not there yet.
I have been doing the lessons almost every day and tried a few songs that have gradually 'levelled up' in difficulty adding in more notes and I think some chords.
I have gotten faster and faster with the shifting, started off only using index and middle finger, but now I'm starting to try to use my ring finger a bit more too.... as for my little finger, it's just not going where I tell it to go. I guess it still needs training, but for the moment I can't do anything with it.
Sustains I think I have gotten down, I found this easier than shifting, I imagine as there is less finger work involved.
Slides I am having problems with, and although its a '101', I think it's more of an advanced technique.
It also get's you switching between about 3 strings, there hasn't really been any work on that in game prior to this lesson (other than in the songs), so I'm finding it difficult to switch strings quick enough. It will help when I know exactly where the strings are without looking, but it's early days yet so I'm still getting to grips with a 'feel' for the guitar.
----
I can touch type on my system easily, which I presume is muscle memory, as I use my keyboard (computer) every day, so would this be the same/similar thing to using a guitar?
The chords lesson must be bugged, it's given me 95% and I'm damn sure I was touching other strings when I shouldn't be and wasn't sure which strings were to be strummed and which not to.
I am having a problem with these a lot, especially now I have done this they are starting to appear in songs. Switching strings was bad enough, doing that and having my fingers on the right chord is impossible for me at this moment in time, so a lot of riff repeating is going on and trying to find the right shape for my hand to be in isn't really shown in game as far as I can tell.
Tremolo is a little strange too, as I know I didn't do it as fast as the person in the game done it when having a go at that, sometimes I only found the string and picked it a few times, it didn't sound anything like it should have done as my strumming/picking in this case is currently not fast enough.
Though I think this is another advanced technique for me, so I'll be leaving that one alone for a bit.
Non-Rocksmith -
I have been watching the beginners course with JustinGuitar.com, I can see and hear clearly what I need to do and am currently trying to learn to read tabs and trying to get my hand shaped for the 'D' chord without having any fleshy bits on any other strings. It's proving difficult to me to say the least, but thats about as far as I'm going until I get this 'D' chord and hand shape down.
I have talked to a guy in the music shop we have a few times now, and he has said that he does lessons after the store closes at £12 for 30 minutes.
I'm not sure how much these things usually cost, but I thought it might be an idea if I go for a couple sometime when I can afford it for some basic in person beginners stuff that might help with how to hold my guitar comfortable, find the right shape for my hand etc....
tris