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"Just as soon as I can play guitar hero on expert, with a violin bow, she will be mine... OH YES, SHE WILL BE MINE!"
<-- guys will try anything to get laid, lol.

keep workin on it kid... but for now, *failsauce

upvote for him admitting that it doesn't really work.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:
It won't teach you technique, touch or tone, but it's a nice primer to reading notation, staying in tempo and basic limb independence. I'd love to see Rock Band/Guitar Hero give you the option to use music notation instead of the scrolling guitar neck thing. What a great way to teach/learn sight reading and basic music notation.
If you really want to play drums, you should research technique (and maybe get a lesson or two from someone who knows what they're doing), to make sure your hands aren't too tense and moving in ways that could lead to Carpel Tunnel, Tendonitis and other RSD's.


Uh oh. I have been playing Guitar Hero World Tour for about a month and my right wrist hurts pretty bad after a good 4 hour session. (Fucking hi-hat; why do I gotta hit that thing so often?) It could be from a previous accident while masturbating for 4 hours, but I think it's the drums. Seriously though, after reading your post I may just go out and get some real lessons so I don't fuck up my hands. Damn, didn't even occur to me, I just figured I had to get used to it.

Also, is it common for drummers to have knee problems, or is that just the shitty bass drum pedal that comes with the game? Probably another technique that I'm missing out on.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:
I'd love to see Rock Band/Guitar Hero give you the option to use music notation instead of the scrolling guitar neck thing.

Absolutely...that would be an awesome feature. My wife is a band director, and her specialty is percussion. Yeah, shes a drummer! And she can go from reading notation to playing Rock Band without missing a beat (pun intended).

On the other hand, a friend of mine who is also a band director and whose specialty is percussion, can barely play songs on medium level. Its an odd thing. He just cant relate the colors on screen to the colored drums. But put him on a real set and he's rockin.

It won't teach you technique, touch or tone, but it's a nice primer to reading notation, staying in tempo and basic limb independence. I'd love to see Rock Band/Guitar Hero give you the option to use music notation instead of the scrolling guitar neck thing. What a great way to teach/learn sight reading and basic music notation.

If you really want to play drums, you should research technique (and maybe get a lesson or two from someone who knows what they're doing), to make sure your hands aren't too tense and moving in ways that could lead to Carpel Tunnel, Tendonitis and other RSD's.

Yeah. I think the extra encouragement of producing music (even if its super-basic, easy mode, acoustic version) on your own could maybe spark interest to overcome some of the difficulty... I personally have a lot of trouble remembering guitar chords, and would love to have something interactively telling me what I'm doing wrong while I'm playing a song I like along with a recording.



In reply to this comment by spoco2:
Well, yeah, but you'd have to think the interest would drop off considerably if people have to actually hold the correct chord patterns.

Still, I guess if they do it such that the easy difficulty levels has less chords and just strumming, progressing up to all the chords and full fingering where applicable... that might grade it enough to make people enjoy it.



In reply to this comment by bamdrew:
... its just a matter of engineering a more realistic guitar to play the game on.

http://www.videosift.com/video/A-Guitar-Hero-ic-Game-for-Real-Guitar-from-CES-2009

In reply to this comment by spoco2:
Ha, brilliant.

I have never... ever played guitar hero, rock band or any of the games, I've never a) had the wish to spend that much money on a game, and b) What you do for the guitars is so far removed from real playing, I saw it as kinda silly.

BUT.

Both the singing and the drums intrigue me a lot because, well, look at this, the drumming is the same (more or less). It's a really FUN way of learning the drums. Spend a while on rock band with the drums before starting any drumming lessons would get you over that initial 'man, I suck, I can't be bothered doing any more' part of learning an instrument, and straight into the 'man, look how good I am now'.

If only they could make the guitars the same... if only.

Well, yeah, but you'd have to think the interest would drop off considerably if people have to actually hold the correct chord patterns.

Still, I guess if they do it such that the easy difficulty levels has less chords and just strumming, progressing up to all the chords and full fingering where applicable... that might grade it enough to make people enjoy it.



In reply to this comment by bamdrew:
... its just a matter of engineering a more realistic guitar to play the game on.

http://www.videosift.com/video/A-Guitar-Hero-ic-Game-for-Real-Guitar-from-CES-2009

In reply to this comment by spoco2:
Ha, brilliant.

I have never... ever played guitar hero, rock band or any of the games, I've never a) had the wish to spend that much money on a game, and b) What you do for the guitars is so far removed from real playing, I saw it as kinda silly.

BUT.

Both the singing and the drums intrigue me a lot because, well, look at this, the drumming is the same (more or less). It's a really FUN way of learning the drums. Spend a while on rock band with the drums before starting any drumming lessons would get you over that initial 'man, I suck, I can't be bothered doing any more' part of learning an instrument, and straight into the 'man, look how good I am now'.

If only they could make the guitars the same... if only.

... its just a matter of engineering a more realistic guitar to play the game on.

http://www.videosift.com/video/A-Guitar-Hero-ic-Game-for-Real-Guitar-from-CES-2009

In reply to this comment by spoco2:
Ha, brilliant.

I have never... ever played guitar hero, rock band or any of the games, I've never a) had the wish to spend that much money on a game, and b) What you do for the guitars is so far removed from real playing, I saw it as kinda silly.

BUT.

Both the singing and the drums intrigue me a lot because, well, look at this, the drumming is the same (more or less). It's a really FUN way of learning the drums. Spend a while on rock band with the drums before starting any drumming lessons would get you over that initial 'man, I suck, I can't be bothered doing any more' part of learning an instrument, and straight into the 'man, look how good I am now'.

If only they could make the guitars the same... if only.

Validity of this video aside, I would expect drumming in rock band or guitar hero to transfer somewhat to real drums. You're rhythmically striking targets with sticks in both cases. It's not like the game guitar which has almost zero relation to a real guitar.

Ha, brilliant.

I have never... ever played guitar hero, rock band or any of the games, I've never a) had the wish to spend that much money on a game, and b) What you do for the guitars is so far removed from real playing, I saw it as kinda silly.

BUT.

Both the singing and the drums intrigue me a lot because, well, look at this, the drumming is the same (more or less). It's a really FUN way of learning the drums. Spend a while on rock band with the drums before starting any drumming lessons would get you over that initial 'man, I suck, I can't be bothered doing any more' part of learning an instrument, and straight into the 'man, look how good I am now'.

If only they could make the guitars the same... if only.

>> ^Hex:
upvote for someone actualy singing


That... is singing?

>> ^Xaielao

I disagree. Unlike plastic guitars, in these games actually have to sing in tune and on harder difficulties you are drumming the actual tracks.

>> ^LadyDeath:
That is what I call a future "Metal Band", I can see their expressions, even the dog is metal hell yeah!


Thats a possibility. Though if they are like most Guitar Hero/Rock Band players, not a one of them has the first clue how to play ACTUAL INSTRUMENTS. So no.. they will never be a real metal band if the above is true.

Though the double petals are pretty cool. Still I'd stick with my own 9 piece Tama set any day. Playing real drums is a hell of a lot of fun then tapping on plastic pads along to someone elses music.

look at those fingers just like me when I play Guitar Hero(yeah right) lol

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