A Rocksmith 2014 night

Bass

The only thing that bugs me about Rocksmith 2014 is that the scoring system is almost totally different. The only thing in common between the two is they both track the streak of correctly played notes.

I spent most of the time working on Stay In by Jaws going from 33% overall score to 94.8% overall. This is near the point at which Rocksmith will automatically put you into master mode. 

In master mode the notes to play are hidden from view, so you have to play from memory. In other words you have learnt the song. For me, it will take more than a few dozen plays of a song to have it anywhere near memorised.

If I put the PS online, I can get a tool to convert the older tracks into the newer format. I'm still undecided about doing this - benefits would be the same scoring across both, but the disadvantage is I don't know how the original game progress would be carried forward.

Lessons Attempted

One of the key things on the game is the tutorial lessons. Today I tried two.

Shifting 101B 

Shifting is moving your fingers onto the correct position on the fretboard to play the next note. Probably an important concept in the whole scheme of guitar playing. You also get scored on how well you play these -- I got 100% accuracy and 60.7% overall (as you get better, you get more notes to play in the tutorials too).

Sustains 101B

A sustain is picking (or plucking) a note and letting it ring out for longer than usual - some can last for several bars of the song. I got 100% accuracy and 100% overall - quite happy with this.

Unlocks today

Well, children, today I unlocked a Level 4 venue. I understand the different venues on the original Rocksmith, but have no idea how they work on this version of the game. I'm wondering if there is an entire mode to the game I haven't had a look at year.

I also unlocked a CL-5S skin and a Marsall Plexi skin.

Time played

As far as time played goes, I spent around 100 minutes wall-clock time most of which was actually playing songs. This figure isn't counted in the total time played. That only measures the time actually playing full songs and doesn't include time going through the tutorials or playing the mini-games.

I played 10 songs for 46 minutes. I have played for 16 hours 18 minutes in total with 9983 hours 41 minutes to go before I reach the point at which you are supposed to become an expert at an activity.

It has been 62 days since I have played all of the songs I have been practising. It will take 3 hours 55 minutes to play through them all in one session.

Improved Songs

Stay In, Every Breath You Take, Paint It, Black, Losing My Religion, Knights of Cydonia and R U Mine

Playlist

Stay In by Jaws: Equalled previous high score of 0.

Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard: Equalled previous high score of 0.

Every Breath You Take by The Police: Equalled previous high score of 0.

Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones: Equalled previous high score of 0.

Losing My Religion by REM: Equalled previous high score of 0.

Knights of Cydonia by Muse: Equalled previous high score of 0.

R U Mine by Arctic Monkets: Equalled previous high score of 0.

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Full song list

Song	Artist(s)	Latest Score	Latest Score	Streak	Percentage
Stay In	Jaws			61	94
Pour Some Sugar on Me	Def Leppard			48	88
Every Breath You Take	The Police			43	93
Paint It, Black	The Rolling Stones			113	90
Losing My Religion	REM			25	87
Knights of Cydonia	Muse			56	83
R U Mine	Arctic Monkets			16	83
Are You Gonna Go My Way	Lenny Kravitz	39520	39520
Take Me Out	Franz Ferdinand	58204	50646	36	76
Mean Bitch	Taddy Porter	89733	88233	116	87
House of the Rising Sun	The Animals	97160	97160	57	88
Number Thirteen	Red Fang	38664	38664	56	78
Angela	Jarvis Cocker	105640	105640	146	99
Good Enough	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	97746	83541	46	81
High and Dry	Radiohead	68257	67944	45	79
Ricochet	Brian Adam McCune	34404	30575	14	66
A More Perfect Union	Titus Andronicus	66157	66157	69	86
I Got Mine	The Black Keys	62841	62841	51	83
The Spider and the Fly	The Rolling Stones	65734	65734	45	80
Higher Ground	Red Hot Chilli Peppers	23787	17378	17	60
Step Out of the Car	The Boxer Rebellion	46936	30674	53	84
Panic Switch	Silversun Pickups	63089	56813	85	81
Between the Lines	Stone Temple Pilots	45582	42145	47	82
Song 2	Blur	53274	53274	61	89
We Share the Same Skies	The Cribs	42364	42364	72	86
Under Cover of Darkness	The Strokes	52000	52000	46	81
I Want Some More	Dan Auerbach	59872	59161	20	81
Surf Hell	Little Barrie	55450	55450	21	75
Use Somebody	Kings of Leon	65934	65934	48	88
Slither	Velvet Revolver	54709	48777	105	87
Boss	Chris Lee	26880	26880	32	85
Unnatural Selection	Muse	28930	28785	42	76
Plug In Baby	Muse	42036	42036	45	87
California Brain	RapScallions	55984	55984	119	89
Sweet Home Alabama	Lynyrd Skynyrd	58672	58672	45	74
Outshined	Soundgarden	61332	61332	42	77
Slow Hands	Interpol	33467	33467	33	72
I Can't Hear You	The Dead Weather	132442	132442	22	90
Burnished	White Denim	25160	25160	28	74
Run Back to Your Side	Eric Clapton	37568	37568	50	76
Islands	The xx	94407	84284	80	87
Jules	Seth Chapla	77159	77159	71	93
In Bloom	Nirvana	56211	56211	51	88
Me and the Bean	Spoon	71649	71649	43	85
Vasoline	Stone Temple Pilots	98894	91786	83	88
Do You Remember	The Horrors	109014	107672	132	96
Go With the Flow	Queens of the Stone Age	84741	82511	98	86
Boys Don't Cry	The Cure	35618	35618	33	77
Space Ostrich	Disonaur	39637	39637	29	81
Breed	Nirvana	63878	63876	61	86
Next Girl	The Black Keys	111302	107653	177	97
Chimney	The Yellow Moon Band	101481	99019	148	97
Where is My Mind?	Pixies	100813	100813	119	93
Gobbledigook	Sigur Rós	109655	109655	63	91
Well OK Honey	Jenny O	69112	69112	48	87
Sunshine of Your Love	Cream	47630	41570	30	77
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	The Rolling Stones	57563	56213	65	80