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Because if you're a beginning guitarist you don't get any feedback. The game could be more useful for learning guitar than anything else.

by imp 17y ago

colings86 17y ago
What kind of feedback do you need? It just seems to me that console games producers are under the impression that console games are the answer to everything when in fact its much more impressive when someone can actually do something like play a real guitar or cook a real meal then if they do it on an XBox or a DS especially when they charge so much for things like guitar hero. It would be better if they provided an interface for you to plug an electric guitar into your console and learn to play using the software, then when you've learn you can 1. play a real guitar and 2. have a real guitar without the non standard socket they will inevitablely put on it.
- imp 17y ago
  Initially it would be "you didn't hit that string cleanly, try again" which would move to "you played that progression well, nice job!" Then it could move to "You nailed 80% of those chords and your timing was AVERAGE." I'm assuming that the game guitar is very close to an actual guitar. I agree that it would be ideal if you could use a normal guitar and get the same feedback.
msluyter 17y ago
Indeed (though technically you do of course get aural feedback, though if you're a beginning musician you might not be able to interpret it.) I'm not sure what the interface will look like, but imagine the possibilities of displaying tablature along with musical notation along with what notes you're actually hitting, perhaps even with a photo of the desired hand position for a chord, all simultaneously (or easily accessible). Then, add training modes, (like guitar hero but with a full metronome range), technique exercises for scales/arpeggios, etc... and you have a powerful training system.

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Because if you're a beginning guitarist you don't get any feedback. The game could be more useful for learning guitar than anything else.

by imp 17y ago

Because if you're a beginning guitarist you don't get any feedback. The game could be more useful for learning guitar than anything else.

colings86 17y ago
What kind of feedback do you need? It just seems to me that console games producers are under the impression that console games are the answer to everything when in fact its much more impressive when someone can actually do something like play a real guitar or cook a real meal then if they do it on an XBox or a DS especially when they charge so much for things like guitar hero. It would be better if they provided an interface for you to plug an electric guitar into your console and learn to play using the software, then when you've learn you can 1. play a real guitar and 2. have a real guitar without the non standard socket they will inevitablely put on it.
- imp 17y ago
  Initially it would be "you didn't hit that string cleanly, try again" which would move to "you played that progression well, nice job!" Then it could move to "You nailed 80% of those chords and your timing was AVERAGE." I'm assuming that the game guitar is very close to an actual guitar. I agree that it would be ideal if you could use a normal guitar and get the same feedback.
msluyter 17y ago
Indeed (though technically you do of course get aural feedback, though if you're a beginning musician you might not be able to interpret it.) I'm not sure what the interface will look like, but imagine the possibilities of displaying tablature along with musical notation along with what notes you're actually hitting, perhaps even with a photo of the desired hand position for a chord, all simultaneously (or easily accessible). Then, add training modes, (like guitar hero but with a full metronome range), technique exercises for scales/arpeggios, etc... and you have a powerful training system.