Guitar Hero …i Have Played Rock Lead & Rythm Guitar for So Many Years ?
A play lead guitar question that should definitely interest you all this week
Question: i own top gear usa Kramer’s gibson v strats explorer etc jammed with many rock bands & gigs playing stuff from van halen hendrix ufo via etc etc etc but i tried a guitar hero for a song for the 1st time ever and i was total shyte i will be honest.. lol i handed it back in shame ..i will stick to my six strings floyd rose and cranked overdriven amps i know what i am doing there and leave guitar hero to the experts
who else has burned out on the 1st go i cant be the only one surely i couldn’t get my head round it
my mind wants my fingers to play as i normally do i was frustrated with it i know the songs no probs with a guitar but not with this hero one
Answer: I have heard drummers say the same thing (perhaps that game is Rock Band, but whichever). Playing the game and playing real drums are not at all the same it seems. I agree with the previous respondents, so what. Being a musician is better than playing those particular games.
But I have also heard about a work-around that some drummers have tried. I do not know from personal experience, but they say you can use triggers and mics (I guess) to playing real drums and feed the input into the game. I would like to know just how that is done some day.
My POV is, if you can play guitar for real, you are a Rock Star!
FTW!
I can play it fine when I don’t know the song but yeah as soon as a song i know how to play (which is quite a lot of them) my fingers would quite often move away from the buttons. Why does it matter though? Being good at guitar is far cooler than being good at guitar hero! Guitar hero is just a game, there will never be people touring arenas playing guitar hero.
i’ve never been in a band, but i have played guitar for years myself. the problem is…the way you play songs on guitar hero/rock band is completely different then the real thing, the only thing that is somewhat the same is the strumming. you have to think there are 5 fret buttons vs. 6 strings and something like 20 something frets or so depending on your guitar. some of the songs are actually easier to play on an actual guitar then on the guitar hero version of it, and sometimes vice versa. it’s just something you need to pratice at and you’ll get better, i was the same way at first. now i play on expert, still not the best at it, but still can play most songs on expert
Most people fail their first time. Guitar hero and Rock Band are different skills entirely from real guitar. If you’re a guitar player, you’re familiar with the layout of the instrument and you have knowledge of music theory. Guitar hero is reaction based and requires hand-eye coordination to hit dots or rectangles when they reach a certain part of the screen.
I play guitar and can play expert on guitar hero and rock band but it took me a while to learn both.
Playin guitar hero an playin a real guitar is totally different as with a real guitar ppl tend to play by ear such as improv..but guitar hero you are just doin what its tellin you on a screen…kinda like those dance machines in the arcades..i know dancers that cant do it..
i play a les paul in a band ,also have guitar hero..