Rocksmith 2014 - DLC - Guitar - Megadeth “Holy Wars… The Punishment Due”

[@MylesMarrero]

The struggle of having to play that solo on a 22 fret guitar is one I feel with you, man.

[@dildonicplague]

Yeah I got a LP too the struggle is real

[@yol_n]

What instrument is it supposed to play on?

[@alluringskull2133]

@@yol_n 24 fret guitar

[@SaskRider2]

Holy hell! That's one hell of a punishment on your hands.

[@brentbowman4498]

Trust me, the bass part's just as brutal on your hands (and I never actually learned how to play properly with a pick so I did it with fingers)

[@jellyalvaro9052]

Or should you say... a HOLY and DUE punishment? k ill leave

[@AGamingGuitarist]

Shout out to Lowlander2

[@Lowlander2]

+A Guy That Games Thanks

[@RiffRepeater]

+A Guy That Games couldn't have done it without him

[@revekkaestacado437]

+Riff Repeater He really stole the show, good stuff xD

[@dsc_dsc]

I don't understand how someone can play this and sing at the same time...

[@fabioriato]

+tuertodsc Then you should listen more to Megadeth. Dave Mustaine can sing AND play like that in most of their songs. Not unusually the singing and riffing are very independent from each other, and you just can't believe how he manages to do both at the same time.

[@dannyboy785]

I wondered the same thing. Chords and easy riffs sure, but to sing while playing some of these is insane talent

[@Walamonga1313]

It's not that hard once the riffs and rhythm is embedded in your mind. The problem is knowing how to sing haha.

[@bajablastme9240]

I was thinking the same thing! It's hard enough to both, but Dave somehow can do it!! I respect you Dave Mustain, and you TRR 😉😉

[@Tykenolm]

Singing anything off Rust in Peace is hard, Dave's voice is just really unique, and hard to replicate (imo), not necessarily great but just unique.

[@AnOldSoggyWaffle]

damn real props for riff repeater for learning these songs within 1 day , unless he already knew them ;)

[@elitebelt]

Fuck yeah, been waiting forever for this one!

[@TR1PLE_6]

89% is pretty damn impressive for that fuckfest your hands just went through! :O The song is painful enough on a plastic guitar!

[@TheOnlyDarkKnight]

+RockBandAddict666 Actually this is more easy than the plastic guitar lol but still hard

[@IamTheLilBeast]

+Andres Leal are you stupid? No it's not 😂

[@davidjenkins7964]

+Andres Leal Totally agree with +Brad Beastly this song has 8 different sections to learn time changes Mustaine's chromatic speedsolo's and Friedman's Classical metal style all made this song and entire album their best ever!!!Don't EVER compare Rock Band verse Rocksmith, no wannabe's when you have a real axe in your hands man...

[@TheOnlyDarkKnight]

+David Jenkins This song was on RB? I was talking about GH I know is a lot of learning but in theory real guitar is more easy tan GH Chart,never say it was actually an easy song and also i didn't compare anything,it was +rockbandadddict666 who did it lol

[@IamTheLilBeast]

+Andres Leal no you compared it as well. Saying its harder on guitar hero. And no 'in theory' it's no where near as hard. I have no clue what you're talking about there. Comparing guitar hero to a real guitar is completely idiotic.

[@KlumSyTurtl3]

Description tells it all.

[@akatsucookie]

6:23 essa parte da musica que é foda demais pra tocar

[@RickGuitarist94]

This looks like so much fun!

[@neilharris7713]

I've seen Steve Vai solos easier than that insanity

[@brandonbooze3599]

Neil Harris lol

[@nobrainer40]

Been waiting all day for this

[@berrythepowerful8553]

it will be many a year before I can even get a mile close to that.

[@iforgothowtotype]

yep... i feel your pain

[@jayklly]

+Berry the Powerful just keep trying i'm doing it right now you got this but your hands with feel the pain more than you are right now learning lol

[@dylanmechling8976]

god help my soul i just bought this, peace sells, and tornado of souls and now i see the tabs i feel very bad for what im about to put myself through

[@charlesworthless]

Just got this song on Rocksmith, my fingers were on the verge of breaking...

[@zahranax4116]

Oh boy the Guitar Hero days

[@r71490]

They were some good days, weren't they?

[@revekkaestacado437]

+Anthony Nance I still play them, i don't care, i'm old xD

[@EdwinRivera-yc5xp]

@@revekkaestacado437 same

[@swinelias]

@@revekkaestacado437 lol me too

[@lethallasagna5822]

the description killed me

[@ChristmasPeanuts]

Soooo, Thats how you summon Lowlander2

[@Lowlander2]

hi

[@Inferno89930]

Suddenly a wild Lowlander appears

[@Fr3akymet4l]

Look! Lowlander2 is online!

[@nathanielwutherich2085]

AWESOME love this song

[@aidenalex7964]

Holy shit dude. I hope you've got money for bandages, because you're gonna be needing a lot of them!

[@Leypmp]

Holy Shit!

[@michaeldiaz9663]

This guy isn't plam muting the open E's. He is upstroking them like chords. They somehow register

[@dommyDOTel]

Smh Elison, they're all down strokes

[@DanRickardo]

The description though

[@rafaelgino]

Lowlander2 is online

[@jesusmeza8498]

De 5:34 a 5:42 no es rasgueo es diferente pero esta chingona mis respetos 👌👌👌👌

[@chimaloo]

this song is so fucking hard, good job

[@danshea8341]

DOOD U SHREDDED THAT FINAL SOLO

[@MadMoses56]

very underrated guitar player

[@EvanSchatz]

+195th Moses and Marty Friedman*

[@andrewpappas9311]

+195th Moses Yeah - I mean, when you think of classic Heavy Metal guitarists you'd tend to think of guys like Tony Iommi, Eddie Van Halen, James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett, Synyster Gates and Zacky V or Jeff Hanneman, but sometimes Dave or Marty might not come to mind at first - I'm also not sure if people would even think of Chris as well as Megadeth's lead guitarist to be honest

[@reyq697]

Now play hangar 18 and public enemy number 1 :^)

[@GamerErman2001]

Wait is that a 22 fret guitar? How did you play that 24th fret note during that solo?

[@mitcheoj]

By bending the 22nd fret up a whole step you get the pitch of the 24th fret, I believe

[@EvanSchatz]

I think the game can detect how many frets you have and is generous? Or maybe just generous on high bends because on Hangar 18 there's a bend on the 24th fret that I can play on my 22 fret guitar, the little tremolo bend at the end of the last solo

[@RiffRepeater]

+Evan Schatz notes that exceed standard fretboards aren't counted towards streak or score

[@Physik-o9i]

@@RiffRepeater i know i'm very late but they indeed do count i tested it on riff repeater tears ago on my strat and it was reading 24 fret notes on the 22nd fret

[@Ip2always]

Impressive

[@JamesFerrerosa]

That picking hand, oh god it hurts to look at it. I'm to use to seeing Dave playing it the right way but killer job! Now go play in a cover band and get some bitches ahhaha ;)

[@rodjohnson69]

fucking awesome!

[@1983electric]

This is quite different in parts compared to the rust in peace tablature book

[@davidjenkins7964]

+1983electric Yes it is but the really cool thing about Rocksmith is no matter where you play on neck, if notes are same it still registers as a good note. There are a few others that I play the way I learned it but I also learn a lot from game. This song here I am 97% rhythm but the lead as played here will take a lot of riff repeating for me....

[@tylersparks4984]

The singer/ guitar player say there's more then one way to play this and they do it themselves they say as long as it sounds the same it's right

[@jaxvidal4785]

Todavia me pregunto como alguien puede tocar y cantar esto al mismo tiempo...

[@shadowboxer6462]

Do you have headphones on? If you do, what do you connect them to?

[@kingfullmetal]

Out of curiosity - and I've noticed this on your Dream Theater playthroughs, too - is there a reason why the game cuts some of the song out, especially before solos, etc.? I suspect it's to give you a breather before/after you have a hand workout, but that's not really true to the song at that point, is it? Is it a setting, by chance, or does the game force you to do it no matter what?

[@Otacustes]

It's switching between lead and rhythm sections. Gives the lead guitarist time to prepare themselves and get in rhythm for the solo, while the rhythm guitarist continues playing the riff.

[@bkpickell]

I know this is an old post, but thought I would answer anyway. It's the way it's done during live performances as well. If you've ever been to a Megadeth concert you could have watched Marty back in the day do the exact same thing. He would be playing rhythm and pause for a couple bars and then play the solo, and again pause for a couple bars and start playing rhythm again. So to answer your question, yes it's true to the song, since that's the way the artists play it. If you've ever watched Kiko play this song he actually plays less notes than what they are showing in the tabs here. So there is that.

[@Flasar34]

How long does it take you to practice and learn a song like this? I'm just curious.

[@raphael3215]

Probably the time it took me to respond to this comment

[@edwinalexis593]

@@raphael3215 Kek 6 years

[@Greggles]

Hey Elison I'm a big fan, can you recommend any easy(ish) dlc with a manageable solo? I can scrape through the more than a feeling solo, any ideas?

[@RiffRepeater]

+Greggles check out Volbeat

[@Greggles]

+Riff Repeater That tuning tho..

[@dantrag2890]

in bloom by nirvana

[@Greggles]

Thanks for all these suggestions guys keep them coming if you can

[@dantrag2890]

+Greggles the man who sold the world David Bowie.

[@wretchedsavedbygrace4499]

Keep fingers close to the strings don’t pull away to far but you did a great job

[@Umbra_Nazgul]

I knew this guy wasnt palm muting all thosr open E's. Hes upstroke strumming like hes playing chords from the offspring. Slow down the video. He doesnt play all of the open E's, but they somehow register.

[@RiffRepeater]

🕵️‍♂️

[@Umbra_Nazgul]

@@RiffRepeater you know im right.

[@SWBaek117]

Left Hand Slap, indeed.

[@jayklly]

Um I think my hand broke I haven't played this song in awhile seek medical attention

[@Zooropa_Station]

4:39 Why didn't they chart the harmonics? Looks weird just as muted notes. Or did they put them in the rhythm section?

[@Orion3T]

+Zooropa_Station They did chart them - they are scratches not clean harmonics. That's the scatch symbol (I think - hard to tell them apart sometimes).

[@stevenrjackson213]

+Zooropa_Station My guess would be that detection of harmonics is pretty iffy, particularly once you get away from the first two harmonics (and there's also the issue that some harmonics don't lie exactly on a fret, which is hard to show in Rocksmith). A fret hand mute with the fingering shown was probably the best compromise they could find between sound and note detection.

[@Orion3T]

Steven Jackson My impression from the original is that it's multiple harmonics which is basically a scratch, which is what they suggest. There is emphasis on the higher strings but I agree what they used is as close as they will likely get.

[@VoidSixx]

+Orion3T Not sure but it looks like an empty window to me, which just means play the previous chord :L I think putting a harmonic there it might still detect it, but idk tbh.

[@Orion3T]

AirCommando12 The scratch (fret hand mute) and palm muted chord symbols are very similar. One is a bit more opaque than the other or the cross is a bit different.

[@maxzero9647]

Holy fuck. That's ridiculous.

[@anders_solace]

Holy shit. Pardon le French

[@dmendes3907]

Vídeo game PS3?

[@RiffRepeater]

Xbox One

[@titanobeseitiezx]

i would have a seizure if i was trying to play that

[@FR33MAN90]

why does this look spead up...

[@RiffRepeater]

Because it's Megadeth?

[@SelectedAmbientWorks--eu9zd]

*sped

[@paulj6974]

How the fuck is Dave Mustaine able to play this and sing at the same time

[@mthrashmetalholocaustm2223]

how long have you been playing guitar?

[@rossfordcrue9642]

To fast for my eyes 😱

[@jordanflowers8174]

guitar hero for guitarist

[@nathanielwutherich2085]

AWESOME love this song