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Originally Posted by burnin_vernon
That's a good point. I just assumed this would give you the tools to go ahead and learn more songs on your own. It should, right?
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I dunno. I haven't played Rocksmith, but it looks like you're learning to play songs by rote, not developing an awareness of things like scales, keys, how to put together chords to bang out something simple like the 12 bar blues, etc.
In my experience, based on using tablature, which is the same idea as Rocksmith at its core, you plateau very quickly - maybe you can learn to play along with CD's or MP3's, but put another musician in the room and try and jam, and you're just hopelessly lost. Once I realized I'd hit the plateau of being a guitar player (or more correctly, a guitar operator) and not a musician, my eyes opened up to how much more there is to know (and how much more sense so much of this music stuff makes).
It's probably a good starting point when all you're looking for is instant gratification, but it doesn't replace learning the theory, practising those scales, etc.
As a graphical tab tool though, its definitely cool!