Can you hit different frets and strings than indicated?

[KitePolaris]

I played some Rocksmith bass today, and satisfaction was the first song that started to give me trouble.It's got some awkward fretting at the higher difficulties for me and was wondering if I just hit the notes on different parts of the bass if the game would care?

[Pancho X1]

I don't think the game cares where you play the notes, but you can try and let us know.

[KitePolaris]

I managd to get the game quiet enough to not wake sleeping folk. I can confirm if you play the notes on separate areas, it works. It's much more comfortable for me to play this song with my pinky on the 7th fret of the A string (E) and moving up to the 4th (F#), 5th (G), and 7th (A) on the D string.

[jailwatch]

Yup as the game picks up tones rather then a fret/string position like RB guitars do. Its why 99.99% electric guitars work with the game and the ones that dont are because of that guitars intonation.

[KitePolaris]

I just wasn't sure how nitty-gritty it was getting into the tone. Because hitting an open G versus a fretted can sound extremely different, for example.

[OneMeanDragon]

I just wasn't sure how nitty-gritty it was getting into the tone. Because hitting an open G versus a fretted can sound extremely different, for example.

atleast its by tone, even if it is a muddy tone makes some things easyer anyways.

[Pancho X1]

I think the game cares more about pitch than tone.

[Nytestalker5]

I tried and successfully fooled the tuner playing the 5th fret notes.

[Clash957]

Yes, you can play the note (provided its the correct note in the same octave) in Rocksmith. Personally, I can rarely be bothered to play about the 12th fret on the E or the A string because I'm lazy and that area is hard to reach. I'm also not a fan of playing open strings because i don't the sound as much as a fretted string. The obvious exception is the E (unless I'm on a 5 string). Although, when playing bass with a band it's not easy to pick out those little things.

If you get really good with a song, you could easily play just about every note somewhere other than where Rocksmith tells you to. Would be good practice to remember the note you're playing as well as learn the fretboard.

It is important to remember that unlike a guitar, the bass is perfectly symmetrical. Meaning the that the 1st note and 5th in a scale are always going to be the same fret distance from each other no matter where you are on the fretboard.

[muzac989]

Yes, you can play the note (provided its the correct note in the same octave) in Rocksmith. Personally, I can rarely be bothered to play about the 12th fret on the E or the A string because I'm lazy and that area is hard to reach. I'm also not a fan of playing open strings because i don't the sound as much as a fretted string. The obvious exception is the E (unless I'm on a 5 string). Although, when playing bass with a band it's not easy to pick out those little things.

Interesting... I always try and play open strings because I've always felt that it sounds better. I think you get better resonance, and you can also shift while the note is sustaining.

[Clash957]

Note shifts is one of few times I nearly always (i.e. can't of time I don't) opt to use open strings. But when on bass and have the option, I like the heartier sound of a fretted string over the ring of an open string. Plus the nut on my bass sometime buzzes on the open A. It can't be heard through an amp but during practice sound levels it does bother me.

[muzac989]

My usage of open strings comes from my background in playing upright bass, where you always use open strings and try and stay as low on the neck as possible (which is, in reality, high because you're reaching up while playing lower notes).