I'm a guitarist and I don't like the games, I don't think it's to do with me being a musician, considering I disliked them before I played guitar. Regardless, I'm not going to condemn anyone for playing them, because I can imagine it would be good fun at a party among other things. Though, I will agree, anyone who puts a crazy amount of time into learning songs on expert difficulty should probably just pick up a real instrument. Once you get over that initial slump with your fingertips hating you and all that, I'd imagine the average person would enjoy playing guitar more than songs on expert difficulty. I'm probably biased though because I don't like rhythm games that much.
I 'm real curious about that new Rockband controller though, the one that's essentially a guitar. I'm always a massive sceptic about things like these, but that thing looks like it works.
But:
Does it detect the difference between the same note from different octaves?
Can it tell the difference between a muted and a unmuted note?
How well can it gauge vibrato?
How much of a grace will it give you for not fretting a note correctly or for having your guitar out of tune?
Real interested, that software/hardware looks promising.
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