Does Rocksmith provide all of the tools needed to play all of it's songs?

[Bitch Puddin']

Just wondering, will I theoretically be able to acquire the skills to play songs such as The trooper, Cliffs of Dover, and Satch boogie all within rocksmith (all of these are in game songs)? Or, did they just throw those in there for the people who already had the skills, but not the tab? And yes, I know practice is key, guitar is not my first instrument.
(side note: Don't you wish you were able to pick a specific start and end to the section you are practicing in riff repeater? Don't get what I'm saying, riff repeat the first part of the chorus of 'Mary Jane's last dance')

[Old Timer]

With riff repeater I have been able to improve on every song. It just takes practice. Unfortunately I think that I am still years away on some of those songs. But if they were all easy it would not be fun.

[DeathJohnson]

Pretty much, there are enough songs at different skill levels to start off, master one, then move onto a harder one, master that, and keep going until you get to the hard ones.

Although you may need to get some DLC to keep it fresh along the way.

[-DarknightK-]

Hi ♥♥♥♥♥ Pudding,

Does Rocksmith provide all of the tools needed to play all of it's songs?

Well, What do you think they need to provide? I don't think I have The trooper, Cliffs of Dover, or Satch boogie. I mostly play Bass now... I have tried my hand at Lead and before Rocksmith I primarily played Rythm. I have a stack of Hal Leonard books and every guitar for dummies published. Another pile of song books and chord books. Before Rocksmith, I wouldn't have even considered paying a guitar teacher.

Since Rocksmith... Well, I have bought a bunch of DLC, MP3's and three new guitars. I always loved the guitar, I just never made the time to learn. I haven't learned everything Rocksmith has to offer me. Once I master everything it has to offer, maybe I'll know enough to answer your question. I can tell you that things I did not understand or get from the Hal Leonard books are starting to work for me now.

I don't pick song that are easy. I pick songs I like. I tend to stick with E-standard tuning. Once I feel I am not getting enough from Rocksmith, I may hire a guitar teacher. Or, I may go back to school and study music.

I like the Riff Repeater. It definitely helps with the hard stuff. By the way, if you are having trouble with a song, try the score attack. There are three different arrangements for each song; easy, medium, and hard. Work your way up on each level until Rocksmith tells you are a Rock God. That's what I do.

I got Alan King's "The Sky is Crying." In less than ten trys, I had it up to 90%... I am still working on Satana. But, I enjoy it.

[Marmalade Chainsaw]

In my opinion, theorhetically, yes you could do that with nothing but Rocksmith, given enough time and dedication (a heaping lot of both)...

But if you are serious enough about learning the instrument that those challenging songs are you goal, why would you limit yourself to ONLY Rocksmith? Why not take advantage of, at the very least, the many, many free resources available online?

Even if RS was officially deemed The Best Guitar Teaching Tool Evar™, no reason it should be the only one in your educational arsenal.

[-DarknightK-]

Hey Marmalade Chainsaw,

Exactly... I like Rocksmith, I have a lot to learn, and Rocksmith manages to keep me motivated.

We also have this forum... You can come here and ask for advice. There are plenty of good guitarists here that are willing to help out a noobie. Everytime you guys recomend a website or chord diagrams... What ever... I go check it out.

Oh, I haven't bought any new books... I am going back to stuff tat's been sitting in the bookshelf.

[Hatori64]

in my view, if your complete noob at guitar, you aint gonna learn it in a day but in theory if you practice playing generally and the songs itself slower getting faster you will

my experience of this was i was an "okay" bassist, nothing to difficult but after some time i get the hang of the harder rush songs through practice and learning the scales to make it easier on myself. - with any instrument its 50% learning and 50% if your dedicated - its not a shortcut to learning your instrument faster but an more game like easier way of doing so. :) hope this helps bro and good luck! ^^

[nuggy1964]

Well in the UK if you want to get graded on playing Rock guitar the grade levels work out something like this.
Grade 1
Sunshine of your love- Cream
Smoke on the water- Deep Purple
Smells Like Teen Spirit- Nirvana

Grade 2
Day Tripper- the Beatles
Wonderful Tonight- Eric Clapton
Should I Stay or should I Go- The Clash
Grade 3
• All Right Now – Free
• Paranoid – Black Sabbath
• Pinball Wizard – The Who
Grade 4
• Layla – Derek and the Dominos
• All Along the Watchtower – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Walk This Way – Aerosmith
Grade 5
• The Boys Are Back In Town – Thin Lizzy
• Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses
• Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Always With Me, Always With You – Joe Satriani
Grade 6
• Albatross – Fleetwood Mac
• Parisienne Walkways – Gary Moore
• Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne
• You Really Got Me – Van Halen
• Toxicity – System of a Down
• Justin – Korn
Grade 7
• Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin
• Samba Pa Ti – Santana
• The Trooper – Iron Maiden
• Private Investigations – Dire Straits
• Seek And Destroy – Metallica
Grade 8
• • Savoy – Jeff Beck
• Satch Boogie – Joe Satriani
• The Spirit of Radio – Rush
• Bat Country – Avenged Sevenfold
• Frank – Steve Vai
Master any of the above gives you an idea of where you are.
yeh I know not all the songs are available on Rocksmith, they are on the darkside.