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Guitar playing doesn't have visual reinforcement. It would be interesting if it did.

grujicd 5y ago
You don't know about Rocksmith? Basically, it comes with a guitar to USB cable, you plug in the real thing and play something very similar to Guitar Hero.
- xdfgh1112 5y ago
  It's not as fun and it takes longer to get good. That's why rhythm games are popular.
  - grujicd 5y ago
    You're probably right since I never played Guitar Hero. Rocksmith would definitelly be harder since you have to produce clean tones for game to recognize. Correct fretting and picking... But you'll have some real guitar skills when you turn off the game. As a not-so-skilled guitar player, I found Rocksmith to greatly improve my rhythm and to teach me a valuable lesson of "show must go on". When you play alone and make a mistake it's natural to stop and redo that last part. But that's not how you can play with others and not the way you can play Rocksmith. So it teaches you to keep playing whatever happens. Aparth from these aspects, which are important, I didn't learn much more from Rocksmith. Yes, it does have some musical lessons but my general feeling is that it leads you to follow patterns that scroll down, and not to think about notes/chords/scales involved.
- code_duck 5y ago
  I have never heard of that, so thanks.
Foxboron 5y ago
I personally vividly hallucinate tabs, chords, shapes and scales while playing. Sometimes with it overlaying on the fretboard. Arguably this depends on how you learn and memorize, but I don't think you can discount the visual element of playing instruments. We do have the dots in the fretboard after all.
- hoseja 5y ago
  You needed to learn to hallucinate them. Imagine them in AR from the get-go.
- code_duck 5y ago
  When I hear music, I think about actual fret board and instrument playing because I have never played any sort of music video game for any significant portion of time.
- code_duck 4y ago
  Sorry, I think I gave an odd response the other day. What I meant to say is that I looked at the guitar a whole lot when I was starting, but then I spent years playing without looking at the fretboard, often while laying in bed. At first I -had- to look at the fretboard and strings to play properly. Still, it's not as lush feedback as a video game.

You don't know about Rocksmith? Basically, it comes with a guitar to USB cable, you plug in the real thing and play something very similar to Guitar Hero.

xdfgh1112 5y ago
It's not as fun and it takes longer to get good. That's why rhythm games are popular.
- grujicd 5y ago
  You're probably right since I never played Guitar Hero. Rocksmith would definitelly be harder since you have to produce clean tones for game to recognize. Correct fretting and picking... But you'll have some real guitar skills when you turn off the game. As a not-so-skilled guitar player, I found Rocksmith to greatly improve my rhythm and to teach me a valuable lesson of "show must go on". When you play alone and make a mistake it's natural to stop and redo that last part. But that's not how you can play with others and not the way you can play Rocksmith. So it teaches you to keep playing whatever happens. Aparth from these aspects, which are important, I didn't learn much more from Rocksmith. Yes, it does have some musical lessons but my general feeling is that it leads you to follow patterns that scroll down, and not to think about notes/chords/scales involved.
code_duck 5y ago
I have never heard of that, so thanks.

Foxboron 5y ago

I personally vividly hallucinate tabs, chords, shapes and scales while playing. Sometimes with it overlaying on the fretboard. Arguably this depends on how you learn and memorize, but I don't think you can discount the visual element of playing instruments. We do have the dots in the fretboard after all.

hoseja 5y ago
You needed to learn to hallucinate them. Imagine them in AR from the get-go.
code_duck 5y ago
When I hear music, I think about actual fret board and instrument playing because I have never played any sort of music video game for any significant portion of time.
code_duck 4y ago
Sorry, I think I gave an odd response the other day. What I meant to say is that I looked at the guitar a whole lot when I was starting, but then I spent years playing without looking at the fretboard, often while laying in bed. At first I -had- to look at the fretboard and strings to play properly. Still, it's not as lush feedback as a video game.