That was the guidonian hand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guidonian_hand

its from the middle ages, and is the beginning of musical notation.

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>> ^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.

I don't own either, but I've played them both a few times and I liked Rock Band better. It would be awesome if they'd give you the option to use musical notation in stead of the scrolling dots. It would be an amazing way to teach sight reading.

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