Does ROCKSMITH actually Work?

I use rocksmith, the guitar hero with a real guitar game, to try and learn a song. Does it work??? Watch to find out!!!
This game is very similar (pretty much identical) to yousician, so if you're curious about that game this video is for you too! It's also a popular alternative to learning online for self taught guitar players.
OKAY ENJOY :)

[@stretchchris1]

6 years of rocksmith later... yeah it works.

[@jtswhitewater4940]

stretchchris1 Yup I've been playing for a while now and I have no talent

[@pasqualilebowitz7866]

Rad, thanks. Now I don't have to watch the video :)

[@Spermofdog]

But what about your playing technique? Sure, you can learn tabs from Rocksmith, but you can't learn to hear mistakes in your playing that way.

[@stretchchris1]

totally. I took lessons to git gud.

[@Spermofdog]

@@stretchchris1 my man!

[@kevinconaty6921]

I tried teaching myself bass for like a few months now, and I've learned more from rocksmith in a week, it's just so much more enjoyable

[@ILLRICARDO]

you can disable the rewind animation, so that it just jumps back instantly to the start point

[@maximegoncalves1076]

Please how?

[@ILLRICARDO]

@@maximegoncalves1076 go to Advanced settings , then scroll down till you see rewind animation, and turn it off.

[@seeer3240]

@@ILLRICARDO - Doesnt show that feature on PC version. It just mentions depth of field crap and venue mode. I just put game settings from medium (default) to easy. Wish I could stop rewind animation. If PC doesnt have it, I would think it doesnt exist. Please explain?

[@ILLRICARDO]

@@seeer3240 give me some time, when I get home I'll trace back my steps and tell you how to disable rewind

[@ILLRICARDO]

@@seeer3240 when your playing a song, press the space button, go to advance settings, and turn off the rewind animation option.

[@gamingguru2k6]

"You can't be Bob Dylan in a day." - Redlight Blue "Yes I can!" -Bob Dylan

[@jslute]

I was 42 when I picked up a guitar for the first time because of this game ,I always wanted to learn but never wanted to afford lessons.I did the 60 day challenge but it didn't do squat,then I came to realize I am the most ungifted guitar player in the world.But something really good happened in all that frustration,I became addicted.I absolutely love this game! Here it is 5yrs later able to play 5 songs with little to no mistakes.Great video by the way.

[@tirado8740]

I'm about to be 24 and wanted to learn how to play for years. I might just pick it up soon

[@UItimateGuitarCovers]

@@tirado8740 it's really worth it it got me back in to playing

[@tirado8740]

@Pikey Haze tabz?

[@jslute]

@Pikey Haze 3 kids and a full time job.Life gets in the way sometimes.

[@jslute]

@Pikey Haze I will give it a try.I am aware of tablature just never really tried it.

[@mattwohlfarth7395]

Yeah it takes years to learn guitar, you can't do it in a day. 1 year later, this game works very well if you keep up with it

[@TheGod0fCookies]

I can say, RS does work, to an extent. My guitar teacher was an asshole who made me think I was trash, I found out about this game by chance, and picked it up after not touching a guitar for 7 years. It started out as a game for me, but I gradually got more confident and accurate. It made me feel like I was actually getting something done. Sure it isn't perfect, but it got me hooked on guitar in general again. I'm now in a band, I'd say I'm an above average guitarist, I play every single day and don't regret a thing. I'd never tell people I started on a game though, people tend to look down on it. I still play this game purely for fun now, but mainly custom songs from custom forge. Considering I went from being completely garbage, to an accomplished musician, I'd recommend it. Don't only play the game though, when you get used to playing the guitar, practice outside of it too, learn scales, theory and shit. Play with other musicians, I improved the most when I joined a band. ;D Rocksmith is a good tool for beginners, but you need to want to improve and put the hours in, or you won't get anywhere.

[@StevesStrayStuff]

Thanks for the comment! I am a crust 60 year old lefty that just purchased a guitar and Rocksmith. I have never played a guitar before, but you have given me encouragement!

[@John2271]

@@StevesStrayStuff How's it coming along?

[@StevesStrayStuff]

@@John2271 Oh boy, the pandemic and life have gotten in the way of my guitar playing goal. I have not given up, it has to take a backseat for a while 🎸🤘

[@MomoKunDaYo]

I just wanted to say, dont feel emberassed about learning guitar from a game dude, a videogame is just a method of learning, in fact to me, its on par with being self taught, lessons lead to bias in the skills you're taught where as rocksmith is based on intuition, you learn your own way of playing and honestly I'd be happy to tell people you learned from a game, its like "hey I learned from zero from this easy and purchasable product, that means anyone else can do it too." Theres an elitism problem with some musicians where the idea is, that being able to play an instrument is a skill that should be gate keeped, when its not, anyone can learn.

[@wkd0]

@@StevesStrayStuff its a year later steve how you doing now have you mastered anything haha

[@SvenMichel_]

The game is an amazing starting tool to get comfortable with playing the guitar. But at one point (at least it was like this for me) I felt like I hit a wall and decided to watch more youtube videos and just practise on my own. I've put 1000+ hours into Rocksmith and definitely think it's worth it. I just wouldn't recommend staying for too long :)

[@Anal0Avenger]

You'll learn guitar a lot faster by taking drugs and trashing hotel rooms :)

[@RedlightBlue]

Guitar teachers hate this trick!

[@brandonsergeon5915]

That's how I learned, it all started with 3 shitty power chords and next thing I know I'm in a punk band

[@DB-um1ij]

Not far from how I learned to shred.

[@Wilpsn]

Dude, use the riff repeater function, you can totally learn that song in one day with it.

[@RedlightBlue]

i thought so too! honestly, i just got a headache from looking at the screen for too long to the point that i couldnt play anymore

[@vaukest5888]

@@RedlightBlue I know damn well this is extremely irrelevant now, but I feel that this would be important to other people reading. You aren't meant to start slow and go up to your level. Even a complete beginner and start at around 20% difficulty. You are meant to go straight to as high of a difficulty as possible. This allows you to fail more often, and of course, the more you fail, the more you learn. I learned knights of cydonia in one day this way

[@dontneedtoknow5836]

@@RedlightBlue old reply but hey. I found learning it on riff repeater then practicing it on the song itself through just audio helps a lot. Takes out the visual aspect and requires you to play by ear vs question. And teaches you more about feeling it than just doing it. Inspires some creativity also.

[@9shl3y0]

I'm finally learning a song I've tried to learn for years with riff repeater. Got it down but the picking is too fast but other than that it really helps

[@xx-knight-xx2119]

@@9shl3y0 what song?

[@maximegoncalves1076]

The only complain is that I can't remember a song when I learn it with rocksmith 😢. I'm always like: yeah I know that song, but I need my game to play it.

[@cheiften98]

Im the same except when I play the song over and over on rift repeater and slowly increasing the speed.

[@bhetho1105]

You ain’t alone brother, I learned to play drum on rockband!

[@12x2richter]

This, 100%. On Rocksmith, I have over 100 songs with 100% mastery. When I pick up a guitar without the game, I remember part of 5 songs.

[@joeblow1942]

What do you recommend doing so you can remember how to play the songs without Rocksmith?

[@cameronhumphries2377]

@@joeblow1942 learn it by tab and practice bar by bar until you can commit the whole song to memory

[@jacobekker]

SLEEP! Your brain processes motor learning during sleep, which has a big impact on muscle memory. I mean, I'm sure the marathon was fun, but I suspect 'chunking' learning like this into several periods over a few days may be a more efficient way to learn. Great vid!

[@skefsongames]

I have noticed that i can play songs better the day after i learn them almost as soon as I wake up

[@percaros]

yes!!!!!

[@hanneshollstedt7750]

I have played rocksmith for over 2 years now. I can definitely say that it got some minor issues, like the note recognition for example. But over all, it's done a lot for me, practising is so much easier when you just feel like you are having fun playing a game. I wouln't recommend relying on rocksmith alone to make you a great guitarist, lessons and videos will perfect you more technique-wise. But with that said, i have learned so much from it and would recommend to anyone that wants to pick up the guitar. And also, the game doesn't work as well with an acoustic guitar as it does with an electric one (preferably with humbuckers as well) as i said before, the recognition is kind of wack sometimes. (fun vid btw, loved it haha)

[@RedlightBlue]

in my experience, the game's really fun as a game. but trying to use it as a learning tool can be a little bit frustrating, especially with the note recognition problems. Sometimes you don't know if you're messing up or if the game's just not registering it, specifically in lesson mode. Your comment summarizes it pretty well aha. I have an electric laying around so i might give it a go with that and see the difference. (Also, thank you!!)

[@hanneshollstedt7750]

I know exactly what you mean haha. You could try to calibrating the guitar (if you haven't already done that) in the tuning screen menu thing. Check out a youtuber called "halsb" if you want some inperation of what the game can do (he does A LOT of songs without missing notes and also some cool session-mode stuff).

[@RedlightBlue]

you weren't kidding when you said he does a lot of songs, wow. also he's absolutely insane, he literally doesn't miss a note lmao.. also also i'll give calibrating a go, but my guitar's pretty cheap so the pickup can only do so much, you know?

[@hanneshollstedt7750]

Yup he is crazy indeed. I'd say you give the electric a go, doesn't hurt to try ;)

[@-Pol-]

I was given the first electric guitar I used for Rocksmith and the note recognition was rubbish so I spent £500 on a funky fender Mustang. It was just as crap. Only THEN did I learn how to set up the action and intonation properly. Now they both play much better! Here are my tips for Rocksmith: * Start with a short scale guitar (under 25"/625mm) like a Les Paul or Mustang style; it's only fractionally less to stretch but why make things any harder. * Medium strings work better than lights on Rocksmith. I know, folks'll say "but lights are easier to press and to bend" NO! on Rocksmith the extra mass of medium strings help the notes register with pickups better and their slightly greater resistance to bending helps the notes stay in tune as you fumble to grip unfamiliar chord shapes. With Rocksmith's unforgiving note detection, accurate intonation is everything! *Dr Neon do a set of gayley coloured strings that match the game. Very helpful for starting out. * Experiment with inverting the string order in the display. Oddly I find chords more intuitive one way (opposite to guitar tab) and soloing easier the other. We're all different so go with what feels right. * That irritating rewind animation can be disabled in the advanced settings, saving time and sanity. You can also toggle off Master Mode so it that won't hide the notes just as you're starting to master them. *Even with my guitar setup right, Rocksmith still struggles to register notes on the high strings above fret 12. I fixed this with a distortion pedal wound back to provide just a clean boost to the signal. * When Rocksmith misses notes/chords I KNOW I've hit, the tuner in the paused menu is way more accurate than the full screen tuner page so use that as primary tuner. * Rocksmith WON'T teach you finger style techniques like Travis picking; its "slow reveal" incremental difficulty method is actually really counterproductive! Instead I learn the fingerstyle tune/pattern on KZbin then come back to Rocksmith and start with difficulty at 100% and speed at minimum. This is how I've progressed with "Dust in the wind" and "Little black submarines" I'd say it's the only way. *Likewise I'll often up the difficulty% of each section immediately in riff repeater to a level I can handle. Otherwise it often offers weird alternative 'simple'' fingerings early on that later need to be unlearned! This is my experience - hopefully it'll help someone ease some of the infuriating frustrations that nearly had me quit the game. So glad I persisted. Rocksmith is my favourite aid in motivating me to pick up the guitar every day.

[@adamk.2336]

Been playing rocksmith for 7+ years (2012 + 2014). I love this game. I love playing guitar. I didn't love playing guitar until I got this game. That said, the game really shines when you have 1000+ custom songs loaded.

[@Logix727]

where do u get that?

[@ajgallegos7432]

@@Logix727 same

[@NightOfTheRevolution]

I actually learned guitar because of this game. Now I can actually shred on it and before I could barely play a D. This game is seriously amazing I love it. I only wish my cable wasn't so flimsy and the replacements weren't so inaccessible

[@bungee1965]

Does ROCKSMITH work, ask Kate and Audrey, 9 and 14 year old sisters who are probably the best rocksmith players in the world imo. They don't play easy stuff either, oh no, have a listen to (Audrey & Kate - Angel of Death - Slayer cover) (The Beautiful People - Marilyn Manson cover ) (Refuse/Resist - Sepultura cover) Pantera, Iron Maiden, Rage Against The Machine,

[@dust10g]

bungee1965 they even did dream theaters metropolis it blew my mind.

[@lt7601]

Big fan of kate

[@BoltRM]

Their Painkiller is my fav

[@MaxGoesMeow]

Best players in the world? Come on dude, maybe in relation to their age but definitely not overall. Audrey does so many unnecessary things like pinch harmonics on every note and bending everything, while not being able to actually play muted notes.

[@bungee1965]

"maybe in relation to their age" Show me someone better at playing rocksmith!!!. And I did say in My Opinion, lmbo.

[@-Pol-]

Reposting this in the main thread where I meant it to go! My tips for easing some of Rocksmith's quirks: * I got the first electric guitar I used for Rocksmith on Freecycle! Its note recognition was rubbish so I spent £500 on a funky fender Mustang ...and it proved equally crap! Only THEN did I learn how to set up the action and intonation properly. Now they both play so much better! A poorly setup guitar will miss lots of notes and make anyone HATE Rocksmith! * Consider a short scale guitar (under 25"/625mm) like a Les Paul or Mustang style; it's only fractionally less of a hand stretch but why make things any harder - But hey, if your guitar is 'normal' congrats! it's no disadvantage. Kids half our size learn to play them like a boss - (Check out audrey123talks (and her lil' sis on bass)) * Medium strings work better than light stings *on Rocksmith*. I know, folks'll say "but light strings are easier to fret and to bend" NO! on Rocksmith the extra mass of medium strings help the notes register with pickups better and their slightly greater resistance to bending helps the notes stay in tune as we fumble to grip unfamiliar chord shapes. With Rocksmith's unforgiving note detection, accurate intonation is everything! Mediums are still gentler than acoustic strings and your delicate little fingers are going to hurt at first anyway. * Dr Neon do a set of gayley coloured strings that match the game. VERY helpful when starting out. We can change to "proper" strings later. * Experiment (early on) with inverting the string order in the display. Oddly, while I now find chords more intuitive the default way (which is opposite to guitar tab), I find soloing easier the other way. We're all different so go with what feels right. (I re-inverted my string display six months in but it didn't take long to adapt) * That irritating rewind animation can be disabled in the advanced settings, saving time and sanity. You can also toggle off Master Mode so it that won't hide the notes just as you're starting to master them. * Even with my guitar setup right, Rocksmith still struggles to register notes on the high strings beyond fret 12. I fixed this with a distortion pedal - distortion wound all the way back and level raised just enough to provide a clean boost to the signal. * When Rocksmith misses notes/chords that I KNOW I've hit, it's usually because the string's slightly out of tune. The little tuner in the paused menu is way more accurate than the full screen tuner page so use that as primary tuner. * Rocksmith WON'T teach you finger style techniques like Travis picking; its "slow reveal" incremental difficulty method is actually really counterproductive! Instead I learn the fingerstyle tune/pattern on KZbin then come back to Rocksmith and start with difficulty at 100% and speed at minimum. This is how I've progressed with "Dust in the wind" and "Little black submarines" I'd say it's the only way. * Likewise I'll often up the difficulty% of each section immediately in riff repeater to a level I can handle. Otherwise it often offers weird alternative 'simple'' fingerings early on that later need to be unlearned! This is my experience of fine tuning the Rocksmith game - hopefully it'll help someone else to overcome some of the infuriating quirks that nearly had me quit the game early on. So glad I persisted. Rocksmith remains my favourite aid in motivating me to pick up the guitar every day.

[@BoltRM]

Shorter scale guitar strings are slightly easier to manipulate as well. Strings need to be tighter on longer length necks like a strat

[@seeer3240]

Well stated. The trick is DEFINATELY putting diff up to 100% at start and just reduce speed. No need learning wrong fingerings on lower diff. just to unlearn. Having access to thousands of free songs with CDLC forces us to learn different techniques by default. With fun fun times. With Rocksmith, learning guitar couldnt be more fun. Fun = success and longevity with the game. i hate saying GAME because its not a game. Its a tool. But a tool this fun feels like a game. Isnt that the whole point. This program is REVOLUTIONARY. Thats why its not being promoted by the satanic industry. This tool should be being advertised EVERYWHERE. Any guitar stores without a console of this game for trying out and selling new guitars are stupidy retarded buisness owners.

[@respond_code3]

How do you slow the song down but have difficulty at max? I know you can slow it down on riff repeat. But how do you slow down the entire song?

[@DRAKKENFIRE22]

Rocksmith is a great way to learn guitar! There are some minor tricks and techniques to improve guitar play that Rocksmith doesn’t cover. So, it’s best to watch some KZbin guitar instruction videos in addition to Rocksmith’s lessons. I also realized that learning to play multiple songs will make it easier to master a few songs faster.

[@jinfin221]

Which KZbin

[@adamperez1539]

8 years strong n loved every moment I can play anything from Chicago to iron maiden to slayer best game ever made if u wanna learn bass r guitar.

[@namvet-be1mq]

Just ordered a Gretsch bass and have Rocksmith hooked up. Am a 69 yr old retire, with plenty of time to practice. Hope it keeps me interested.

[@skefsongames]

@@namvet-be1mq i hope you enjoyed it

[@fu6817]

1100 hours in Rocksmith and really loving it. I don't know what i would do if they took the game away from me.

[@RedlightBlue]

1100??? that's insane. you should post a vid! im curious what 1100 hours can do for you

[@gameraovolante54]

Pirate it? Lol xD

[@kidmetal1369]

Love Rocksmith. I all ready knew guitar before i got the game but it still helped me a lot. I have the original version on PC and really like the mini-games that focus on a lesson.

[@way2sh0rt07grad]

I like using it to jam out to songs instead of hooking up an aux chord to my amp or jamming external speakers. Good for tabs too

[@chrishellams1755]

What about those 2Japanese girls

[@BoltRM]

@audrey123talks They are amazing! whoa Inspiring.

[@DesertRainReads]

You mean Audrey and Kate Shida? I fully agree, Kate has come into her own for sure, she plays the bass better than I did. Audrey is just amazing on guitar. BTW they're part-Japanese, their mom Heather is an American from Colorado, and their dad is from Japan.

[@soullessSiIence]

@@DesertRainReads and they look like Mexicans, specially Kate :p I wish they actually studied music though. I can't help but lament for not being able to advise Audrey on many things she could improve.

[@yukiefromoz2573]

They brought me here lol

[@majesticmojo3823]

@@yukiefromoz2573 me too

[@tuchesuavae]

Arcade, and the other modes actually are instrumental to you learning guitar. Not just playing a song

[@julianstegehuis8266]

Once you master a song. It goes in master mode removing notes on the screen so you will have to do it out of your mind. Also how silly the guitarcade might be. It is an absolute must to play these games. These are basically exercises that helps creating muscle memories while you have something to look at to take the boring edge off. It helped me so much. Especially scale warrior and that race game. And a good guitar might help the game to pick up notes and bends better up.

[@varnishyourboard]

String Skip Saloon also hammers home the string colors way better than buying those silly colored strings

[@ajdayton101]

I played it for a long time. I could play while watching. I could never turn away and play the song independent of the game. A few things to note. When you play a song from memory there are a few things at play none of them visual other than glancing at hand placement. It does involve muscle memory and your ear. Your eyes do too much work and take away from the other senses. The game may get you playing and thats good. Learning to play independant if the game in conjunction could be effective. Of course you can site read or play tabs, but for the average rocker you will commit everything to memory, brain and muscle. You also need to take breaks as your brain will write stuff into your long term memory while you rest and sleep.

[@dangalirachilima9884]

You may find that just taking a break and coming back helps you with it. I've never played Rocksmith mainly because I just can't buy a copy right now so I can't vouch for the game, though I kinda got the feeling that it wouldn't be great for me personally even though I can see how it can be very useful. However with practice in general, I'll usually find that if I've been practicing for a long time to nail one song or something I find hard, I usually do much better after I've gone to sleep and woken up the next morning, especially if playing that song was the last thing I did before going to sleep. Kinda like my brain is mulling it over and processing it while I sleep and trying to figure it out, so the next day all I'm doing is just finding a way to make sure my hands physically know how to play it.

[@RedlightBlue]

i know exactly what you mean! and trying to force it all at once was definitely a problem with this video. i honestly got worse as time went on just from mental exhaustion, but when i came back to play it the next day i was immediately better than i was at any point the day before. brains are weird

[@BoltRM]

Yeah, I seem to learn most *efficiently* in < 50 min rounds. Come back again later in the day for another round of practice. Otherwise you get tired or frustrated & start making mistakes/bad habits. Applies to learning most things for me! 💪

[@noahtheguitarplayer6851]

I've been using rocksmith for the past year and a half, and within that time I've learned so much in such a small time, rocksmiths goal is to hold you learn how to play but with your own technique, its honestly amazing, not to mention the tone designer

[@-Pol-]

It's much easier to score 100% on songs you love: I like Dylan but Knocking on Heaven's Door, melodically, is wearisomely repetitive, I can't handle more than 10 minutes of it! It's definitely worth rewarding/indulging yourself with favourites from among the 1000+ DLC tracks available. I keep an extensive wishlist prepared for Steam's Sale season. It comes around about twice a year with most songs from previous years selling at 40% - Importing the original Rocksmith playlist was good value, even though I only wanted a few of the tracks. As for songs I've got to 100%, the Bob Marley songs are ridiculously easy! I also have a playlist dedicated to Blues numbers many of which are very straightforward; Muddy Waters' "I'm a Man" is tricky solely on account of accuracy of repetition! Rocksmith's sort "By Difficulty" and "Recommended" in searches are both good for finding the easier songs to learn first.

[@YNGDYE]

It’s easier to catchup than to learn for the first time. Rocksmith will get you to that catch up point where you don’t have to spend a fortune learning how to play over a course of a year or more. With the skills rocksmith instills, you can make better use of that money and pay for lessons that aren’t fundamentals and instead clean up your flaws.

[@ladyomiwankenobi]

Researching how to play Rocksmith in 2021 thanks to this video 👍🏻🎸

[@SketchyDoodle]

I just started practicing the guitar for about 6 weeks now. I bought Rocksmith to teach me how to play guitar, but realized very quickly that just using Rocksmith will not work, at least for me. That doesn't mean Rocksmith is useless though. Up till now I've been mainly practicing basic open chords and this for example isn't something that Rocksmith teaches explicitly. Once you know the chords, I've found that Rocksmith is pretty good for practicing changing chords in rhythm mode if you can find songs that contains the chords you want to practice. Just need to increase the difficulty to 50+ otherwise you get some strange notes, alternate chords or power chords.

[@RedlightBlue]

SketchyDoodle I've had the same experience with the game! Like It's pretty fun, and can be useful for practicing changes, or finger placement in general, but it's definitely not a good tool on its own... What other resources are you using??

[@SketchyDoodle]

Redlight Blue I'm watching whatever tutorials/lessons I can find on KZbin. Most noticibly from channels AndyGuitar/TheGuitarSage/Guitareo/Swiftlessons. For tabs of songs I use the Ultimate Guitar app.

[@JimboEatsKFC]

I started with power chords insted of open chords because they require less fingers to play. Then I slowly got to the open chords and bar chords

[@Mulberry2000]

@@RedlightBlue kzbin.info/aero/PL6s_5PQvAoTzkQ4ZXDa0985HC-1jFKvJp

[@_DigitalRemake]

Digging the concept man! Seen alot of rocksmith after XXX hours videos but havent seen one person make progress video playing without the game. I hope you stick with it. CONGRATS ON 100 SUBS

[@RedlightBlue]

GHFHFDD I'm gonna give it at least 2 weeks, but I'm not optimistic about it transferring outside the game

[@elbolegoya]

It does work. If you're someone who can already play the guitar, starting at a raised level is sometimes better - when you can follow the screen. As I find that it saves time, and sometimes the mind finds it hard to follow the simpler pattern if it's already processing the extra notes not shown in lower level.

[@thestarkiller01]

Rocksmith worked just fine for me, although I don't really use it as a song learning tool so much as an equipment emulator now. Occasionally I'll go into the Rocksmith library and use the software to practice a song I'd like to learn, but not often. I learned pretty early on that Rocksmith is great for learning the basics, but I could see myself reaching a point where I would be unable to play any songs without the aid of the game unless I switched it up and practiced independently for a bit. It's a great tool, possibly the best to come along in a while, but it can become a crutch if overused.

[@achtungdan]

love the video. I started playing on rocksmith 3 years ago and still play a couple of hours a day.

[@RedlightBlue]

that's dedication. i cant even do the 60 day challenge haha

[@achtungdan]

@@RedlightBlue ha! I'm pretty sure it's different if you first learn on rocksmith rather than if you already know how to play guitar. I didn't know any other way of learning, now I'm hooked!

[@GORTRON_THE_DESTROYER]

I found that the Lessons section they have in the game really helps with getting the hang of the instrument

[@pieterhartzer7884]

If you taught history in my school then I might actually have learnt something! Love the intro as to what Rocksmith is! Now on to the rest of the video

[@valensinclair6750]

I've been using Rocksmith for about 2-3 months and am astounded at my progress. Not that I claim to be even a good guitarist, or even a mediocre one. But what it has tought me is to program brain to connect to the guitar through 2 hands while having fun playing songs I like, and working through the lessons. I don't think I would have made 10% of the progress I have by watching dry youtube videos about chords and strumming.

[@Ch4pp13]

I had already played guitar for about a year or so, give or take, before i picked up Rocksmith. I had seen TheDooo's video on it, and it looked really fun, plus a lot of sings to play on top of it so i had something more to play other than like 5 chords and Seven Nation Army. My experience has been great. Yes, the note detection may be a bit off, but i look at it more as an interactive tab-collection with gamey elements than a practicing tool (though it did teach me how to palm mute, making power chords sound freaking amazing when played right). I have never gone to any guitar playing courses where a teacher teaches you how to play, as i started out with Youscician (also a great way to start playing guitar, i find), so the mere fact that i can play a Volbeat song (while not hard, it does sound amazing) without having to look at the screen is amazing. Just... Always play with the Realtone cable. Never play with the microphone for optimal performance.

[@Sheepers2k]

Haha, fully understand that. Thought I could do the same thing and it literally drives one insane like vocally reasoning with oneself. Great to be on the outside watching in.

[@Sweetthingsbyamy]

It looks really good. My dad got this game a few days ago, so we're going to try out rocksmith today! Would love to learn in just 60 days

[@inessilva7779]

How did it go

[@troytrue7478]

Yeah lol

[@zs422]

Update please?

[@Antimedal]

To be honest I bought this game right after I bought my first guitar and it didn't teach me songs but it helped me learn chords and techniques. And I still play it all the time because I custom dlc so I can play along with pretty much any song I like. And since adding some custom dlc I have progressed quite a bit, but I'm still horrible at guitar and trying to get better.

[@johnm.6349]

Lol "breather"... I gotcha 😉😉😆 But seriously, you inspired me to give this game a shot. Enjoyed the video. Thanks!

[@alexsuperpower1]

I started playing RS2014 less than a year ago and I improved a lot thanks to it. I can assure you if you put in the time you will see the difference, I almost haven't missed a day without playing and been playing twice daily on average for like 2-3h daily. Its easy to pickup and you will start to improve, look at audrey123talks what she achieved because of Rocksmith. It works, although 60 days to play guitar is kinda BS. You can play a few songs maybe but playing the guitar at a decent level takes years, thats just bullshit advertisement imo. Rocksmith has also flaws, people tend to get too fixed on the interface instead of their own playing. Also there is no feedback on technique and lessons should always be a valuable option. Also note detection shouldn't be an issue if you properly set everything up. It also has a wide arrangement of songs and many to download. Thanks to Rocksmith I also got more open-minded and started to appreciate more songs. Its a great game and definitely shouldn't be overlooked. Its a great learning tool.

[@GigaChadL337]

Zoutje then why just simply learn guitar having a proper teacher?

[@NonsensicalSpudz]

one thing is it wont teach you to play, but it will however help with improving your ability to play which is what i've found. if you play rocksmith and also learn online with lessons or however, i'd bet you'd get some solid learning expeirience

[@RedlightBlue]

NonsensicalVids I know exactly what you mean, like it's a good way to practice, bad way to learn

[@b_rizzle4808]

i've been playing RS for one year now, 250 songs, 200ish hours played. I can get to hardest difficulty within a few playthroughs with site-reading set at 9. avg accuracy for all songs is around 85%ish. my fingers move anywhere i want on the fret and any string(correctly). Arpegios and tremelos are no problemo(radiohead-Creep sounding amazing at this point). I would say this game works. after i complete a playthrough of songs in learn a song mode, i can continue jamming out to the song from instinct. The only thing i would really like changed about this game is knowing when to strum up or down.

[@coolkidscarclub]

I think all round it's pretty good. Especially with phrasing and it teaches you to play with a band also

[@lwill53951]

Thank you for your honesty and you are a hoot keep it up

[@andrewcoon3807]

This was a damn good video my dude 🤘 really good edits with the time laps’s and you have a good personality 😊

[@Cobb]

Granted I've never tried lessons but I've definitely been improving the longer I play rocksmith. It's not teaching me theory and probably developing a few bad habits but I'm learning chords, bends, shifting picking accuracy and timing.

[@scottieb1675]

i just got the game last night because I have always want to learn to play. I started on beginner def leppard pour some sugar on me.. 1st ..60.3 % 2nd... jus riff 83.4 then I played a one of the arcade type games the 1st... 40k 2nd.. 138k 40 mins figuring out tuning and another 1.5 hrs of playin...I will start my videos today to show my progress through 60 days. Im feeling good abt learning.

[@DThompson55]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO - I rebooted the game tonight after putting it away 6(?) years ago. I was looking for a #coronaccomplishment It's really f-ing hard to get 100% on any of the songs, let along any of the lessons. I always thought it was me. I am so happy to watch you do this, or not do this, or whatever. Now I remember why I put it away. But is is a fun game.

[@elisoncrz]

this is not riff repeat

[@bassvane1700]

i know its been 4 years but you can turn off the rewind feature in riff repeater

[@Azukayoshi]

It works if you put effort on it. But wait, that is pretty much learning without it! People forget how long does it take to master anything in life, the math is simple: if you work on it, you'll get good. Rocksmith just makes the whole process funnier than reading tabs. Anyway, pick up your guitar and enjoy your time :D

[@yungtokz48]

Biggest fact I’ve seen all day

[@mrrex2224]

I have the exact se acoustic electric it would not register my guitar does the remastered game let you play with an acoustic electric cause my guitar wouldnt work

[@ccrider198712]

I have the game... played it once and the cable didn’t work again after i played one song 3 or 4 times

[@vinlethal1]

It definitely works! I'm 5 years in, I can play so many songs now. Make my own riffs. It's awesome.

[@strings1288]

your edits get funnier every time with each video lol, keep it up my guy

[@RedlightBlue]

thanks man! i'm working on making them less bad

[@EliasReda]

Two mistakes you have done: you used an acoustic guitar that does have a mic and not a pickup. You gave up way too early, guitar takes time to click, the more you learn the more you realise how bad at guitar you are.

[@angellemons5125]

So true

[@broderickles936]

Since the chord was plugged into his acoustic, isn't it an electro acoustic with a pickup?

[@PegeCovers]

It has a pick-up, right?

[@Jake-gb9nj]

I've been playing for over 10 years and I don't need it for me but does anyone suggest this to people in college who wanna learn guitar

[@evanverdoorn3532]

Is this good if you want to make a basis for guitar playing

[@JimboEatsKFC]

Nice video man! Just remember to start simple and make sure that your guitar is set up properlly because the notes in the game may not register and you'll get frustrated and think that you are not making progress but you probally are. Anyways Knocking on heavens doors it's an hard song to play because of the appregios, however don't give up on the song yet but next time try sorting out your song list to "Rocksmith Recomends" and pick the first song that pops out.

[@tj4234]

SlackingArts Entertainment yeah Knocking On Heaven's Door is pretty easy. I learnt it in an hour or two without Rocksmith.

[@GloriousButt]

I don't really recommend the game for like the be all end all guide to play the guitar. What it does, it does really well. Like helping you get into instruments. Admittedly I've been playing for about a year and I can't tell you what the hell any of the scales or chords are, but that's on me. I don't really research or learn. I play it because 1. I like rhythm games (TAP TAP REVENGE PLS COME BACK I LOVE YOU BB), and 2. it's really fun. I really like the game.

[@RedlightBlue]

r.i.p tap tap :( and i know what you mean, it's defs a good introduction to the instrument more than it is a tool for people who are already proficient at guitar

[@mau3020]

you have to play the other skill games that are in the arcade part of the game. Those are the ones that teaches you about scales and chords. The main part of the game only helps you to get comfortable playing a guitar.

[@Walamonga1313]

GloriousButt What everyone needs to do is listen to themselves play without the game. You may think you aced it if you get a great score, but what if you isolate your playing and it’s terrible? That’s where practicing alone with a metronome or with the song helps a ton. Recording yourself play and then watching it is also a great way to spot sections where you have trouble and where you need to work on more.

[@T0T0-Annhilation]

Lol I had an ad promoting a different guitar game. Kinda confused me

[@jamiegideon3984]

Ive been playing this game since it came out ten years ago and im a legit guitarist now . So yea

[@r92king]

Man, start playing somthing simple first! Open chords and arpeggios IMO are hard to play for beginners. Try to learn the simple power chord shape and play some Ramones (I speak from my experience). They are easy to play and you have some fun while playing them and it encourage you to pick up the guitar next day and try something harder. Power chords are the first step to the barre chords which open you lots of gates and you can play even more songs. I bought Rocksmith to help me learn guitar and now I can play many songs. Although I can't play very technical stuff(tapping, sweep, fast solos) but I dont practice them anyways. I just play guitar to have some fun. I am able to make my own songs now. Rocksmith doesn't teach you how to play guitar just by playing some songs, you have to take your time and practice techniques what you can't play. But anyways it's good tool to help you practice and have a good time while doing it. It was a good deal to purchuse Rocksmith.

[@RedlightBlue]

i hear ya, i went into this the wrong way. i thought that if i put enough time into one song i would be able to get it, but now i know that's not how this game works. since this video i've been trying to incorporate this game into my practice routine by playing a little each day... it's working better aha

[@Walamonga1313]

Richárd Molnár Everyone should start by learning proper finger positioning and open chords (the most basic are D G C, with only those you can play tons of songs). It will help immensely in the long run. Bar chords are the next big step.

[@LocalAutist]

You should say that to me, I started with Metallica (CDLC on computer) day 1 xD It's been half a year and I still cant nail ANY solos

[@Walamonga1313]

Felix_S10 Try Megadeth solos lol

[@LocalAutist]

already tried the holy wars solo, god no

[@EYECOMEINPEACE]

My son has it for the ps4 . I hate it. Three is an audio delay/lag making it unplayable. And I've tried Evey setting and possible option configuration including switching to an optical cable going straight into the tv. Pisses me off.

[@alexmatthew5930]

I learned master of puppets in 3 weeks with rock smith...only watching the dlc on KZbin didn’t even have the dvd

[@justindarden5998]

I love playing that game i knew how to play guitar before rocksmith

[@Ilshatey]

You can turn off the animation in Riff Repater.

[@tagginondawal3961]

I started guitar as a kid. My first teacher left then i had a mean spirited teacher who made me quit. I played songs now and again, with my acoustic, but never invested heavily. In 2010, i got a Fender Strat and this game. While i wasn't god tier or anything, it helped me enjoy guitar once more. And on pc (technically you can do this on console too), you can get a much larger library with customforge. A whole community has made numerous songs that are free.

[@ForceOfUru]

Is it possible to change the direction of guitar? Not left right hand thing. It would be better if we could see it from behind and would help reading the notes easily.

[@AchillesRage501]

i got to 50 percent with down with the sickness in 3 days but the arrow points side ways how the hell am i expose to figured it out

[@gdaspect2208]

My issue is I feel like I wont be able to take away anything I learn. Like Id be able to play while looking at the creen or seeing the notes but itd be way harder to actually learn a song cause you aren't like studying it or focusing on the instrument as much

[@makeamericaguitaragain]

Bro, you’re awesome :-)

[@theichytype]

About a decade ago I thought my fingers were thicc with a previously rkt ring finger would never be able to play the guitar, but I got RS14 few years ago, my fingers are still clunky, but thanks to the start of this game, I can play some campfire songs without reading the notes. (got some help from the internet and KZbin as well.) Bottom line is as long as you practice, doesn't matter with the game or not, it'll always help.

[@woahnut]

After about a week of playing it prior to a year and a half... It definitely strenghthened my guitar skills. I still like face to face teaching better though.

[@MrMaxitrillian]

first thing I hear in your video is a Trent Reznor track... Definitely left a like

[@Powagoat]

"Full discretion" - the word you're looking for is disclosure

[@woresor5585]

Daniel Quaroni he knows

[@Powagoat]

throathammer1 sure but a little bit of education doesn’t hurt, right?

[@bjohns3961]

It makes me tune the guitar then it says I’m not hitting the right note so I don’t know

[@brinkybrinkz]

Absolutely Rocksmith works. It is up to the individual. It is a stepping stone. Like anything you want to be good at practice, practice, practice. You don't learn anything overnight.

[@thomasmicheal5480]

Eyyyyy isn't the starting music from social network

[@sergiomanuelgonzalezflores5901]

I love rocksmith, i play a lot of songs and gradually leveling up, im just a beginer bt in just 4 weeks with rocksmit i learn and practice more hours than 2 years sinse i buy my electric guitars and amp!!!

[@jBurn801]

Would you recommend this now in 2021? I've been learning from Justinguitar and I have access to this game via Steam. I have played guitar off and on for a long time, and watched your videos (you seemed to drift away from this rather quickly). Does this actually teach you how to play or just how to play certain songs? Please answer this honestly, as I'm banking on a honest response

[@jbaby578]

I still play it to this day. Good game I still use KZbin and other resources. But I enjoy playing my favorite songs on this

[@camdonking1919]

Does anyone know what name of guitar that is? Im looking for a slim body acoustic like that one

[@ThermAquaGaming]

camdon king Also looks like a lower action!

[@RedlightBlue]

yamaha apx500 III

[@camdonking1919]

@@RedlightBlue thank you my friend

[@SollomonTheWise]

You get use to the disorientation after some repetition than it becomes natural

[@xYyckx]

I was thinking about acquiring this game, however I have a classic guitar. Im really not into rock songs. Does this game have alot of fingerstyle/spanish guitar songs ? I dont really want to play rock songs

[@bigmike4133]

How do you connect the guitar to the game

[@gotohellaaron]

@ 0:24 I said that same thing right away as soon as Guitar Hero came out. I thought that's what Guitar Hero was until I seen the toy guitar thing. It would probably be a little easier if you know all your basic chords and how to arpeggiate them before you started this game. Your main basic chords are G, C, D, E, A. Then your F and B and your power chords which are the same shape all over the place.

[@freiermann7]

Ive been playing guitar for a while and know a lot of songs on Rocksmith. The problem with it is theres too much latency. I play by ear and not watching the screen so at the end I have like 2% accuracy even though i played it right. Its a cool concept though.

[@dmeemd7787]

Yeah I was blown away and still am with how great Rocksmith is. I played it when it came out but didn't care for the lag and all that..BUT.. girlfriend just got the cord for it recently and I thought I would give it a try since it had been a long time and it's an amazing tool for anyone I think, the way you can learn modes, scales, chords all that stuff, is brilliantly integrated into it. So now I am back to being addicted to practicing, which is awesome! I've never not love playing but when you have something that challenges you to sight-read, not in the classical stands but most people know what I mean. So there is not much I can complain about other than the tiny bit of lag, which is not hard to overcome if you've been playing for a while and if you're new, you can play things so slow that it doesn't really matter. I just did not remember it being that great of a game and learning tool! I wish I had it years earlier, that way literally every mode, major/minor pentatonic scales, etc. etc. would be truly be burned into my head. Anyone with a PS4 or PS5 or whatever absolutely need this game they play music, it's a phenomenal tool and if you have the patience to go through even the basic tutorial again, then it's like starting over but not. Most people don't say, oh no I've been playing for 10 or 20 years and I love finding the time to play and (legit) PRACTICE for 5 to 10 hours a day! LOL So if you can get hooked on a video game this teaching you stuff, that's a beautiful thing 😊

[@victorbeauchamp5511]

How did you fix the lag?

[@GigglebunsUV]

when i would learn a new song on rocksmith, i would always start it on 100%, and be able to learn most of it after about 5-15 plays depending on the difficulty.

[@SollomonTheWise]

My boi learning fast. Presses X for pride.

[@AbsolutelyCasual]

I've been playing Rocksmith for about two months now. Never heard of it until just recently, been playing bass for about 6 years and normally use regular tabs or the ultimate guitar app to learn songs, rock Smith is I'd have to say the best way to learn songs by other artists. Seeing as it allows you to slow parts down. Put them on loop ect. I'll even just turn Rocksmith on just to use it's tuner then just play off the amp, or I'll play with the setting to where your not plugged into Rocksmith and it doesn't rate how you do just so I can play plugged into my own amp, I've spent about 300$ on songs so far and will probably just buy them all eventually, I've been buying 3 song packs a week for about the last 8 weeks, so far I have Jimmy Hendrix pack, 16 songs Fly leaf packs 4 songs Rage against the machine packs 12+ Incubus 6+ I'm happy to pay for correct tabs, especially interactive tabs when there only 3$

[@SkunkapeProductions]

Two years and learned nothing I can play the songs on it but turn Pc off I'm lost without seeing the colours on the screen so basically it's not good for learning it's more fun having a tutor who can show you were your going wrong so I uninstalled mine as a has been game.

[@brendoncromwell8138]

it's good for learning how to play songs. not so much for learning the correct technique. I started just using rocksmith and am now finding I have to relearn how to do certain things as my technique although works in some situations, isnt correct and i should be refined.

[@rangerdoc1029]

Playing guitar is like any performance sport. You have to build endurance before you can play or practice for more than an hour or two & actually get anything productive out of it.

[@MrDylanryan]

For real does this work? I have never played but want to see if guitar is an instrument I would like to learn. Before I shell out for lessons.

[@TheRiderofBlood]

As someone who started playing fron scratch with this game - yep, it works. It won't learn you everything, but it'll build speed, fingers placement etc.