I got this last week. Im on Day 2 and I absolutely SUCK. I can't determine fret finger positions, never strum the right string, my fingers don't even reach all fret positions. I keep switching tracks to determine one I may be able to do and alas, can't do it. So tempted to sell all my equipment. Reading all about muscle memory etc but I don't see how thats possible if I can't even get the basics right ?
Hi there.
As Goooner above says, stick with it. It's a very difficult hobby. If it was easy, everyone would be rock stars
. This is not something you're going to pick up in a week. It's lifetime journey.
I've been playing over nine years too and I would still class myself as a beginner. Maybe an intermediate-beginner.
You'll never be as good as you want to be. I bet if you asked Eric Clapton, he'd say he's still learning.
The highlighted fret numbers for anchor points is the biggest thing to take notice of. Having a good anchor and not moving about is essential. If you haven't done so yet, I'd highly recommend you go through the lessons part of Rocksmith. At least the first few including strumming, picking and fretting/finger placement. This cover anchor points.
You want to be just behind the fret, not on it, and you only want to press down enough to make a clean note. Any harder and it will sound bad and not be picked up by Rocksmith. We all occasionally "Grip of Death", so don't stress it. It will come.
Stick to "Learn A Song". Don't go near Score Attack yet. That section can be very demoralising for beginners. You can sort the songs by diffculty, so do that. Ignore the first six. Somehow, when remastered came out and we got
Bob Marley & the Wailers “Three Little Birds”
Elvis Presley “Suspicious Minds”
FUN. “Some Nights”
The Jackson 5 “I Want You Back”
OutKast “Hey Ya!”
Train “Drops of Jupiter”
Something went awry with the difficulty. These always appear at the top suggesting that they are the easiest songs in the game. They are not.
If you look on the edge of your fretboard, you should see dots representing the frets 3, 5, 7, 9 & 12 and so on. If you bought the physical version of Rocksmith you should have a set of numbered stickers in the box that you can stick next to these dots to help, or just get some off Amazon.
Amazon product ASIN B08JLTB9G3
If you know someone who can change your strings for you , you can also get clour coded strings that match Rocksmith.
Amazon product ASIN B00DND2SN8
Wish I had those when we started. I (And the rest of us here) were all over the place. Wrong frets, wrong strings, pressing too hard, not pressing hard enough.
And feel free to ask us here as many daft questions as you like. We all asked them 10 years ago too.