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Introducing Classical Guitar Hero
Alex writes "I've just uploaded the video of a piece of classical electronic music I wrote for 2 Guitar Hero controllers and software (which I created). More information about this piece, its software, and the notation involved in playing it is at alexwroten.com/works.asp and alexwroten.com/excuses.html.
I just figured people might be interested in finding new ways to use their Guitar Hero mastery ... especially with the hot debate over whether or not it hinders people's musical instruction."
Did Zonk die or something?
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God. Such racket!
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
what the fuck is this doing on the front page of slashdot?
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I'm not sure what nonsense I'm seeing there (in the first six seconds of video before I stopped it; it started to feel too much like RTFA), but it's not what I imagined which was bringing classical music and the associated instruments to Guitar Hero. I could dig that. Think about it, instead of endless rehashes of the same Guitar Hero game, you could have new ones, like: Lyre Hero, Recorder Hero, Viola Hero, and the always impressive Oboe Hero.
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I was really, truly hoping that would be great. Or good. It was neither.
I stole this sig from a more creative user.
Kinda like abstract art. Throw some shit at a wall and call it a masterpiece.
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WTF? seriously, whats does all this shit do on the /. frontpage today. are we transforming into /b/?
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Sigs are for Terrorists.
It's funny to me how venomous all of these comments are, especially after the phrase "I only watched the first 6 seconds of it." Surely you must understand these people don't play guitar hero controllers all of the time; it's experimental. Obviously in your eyes the experiment failed. Enough said.
Nothing beats spending hours pressing a button on something that looks like a guitar. Let the Chinese do the tedious work of learning to actually play something.
Wrong crowd to chastise for sitting at home playing games and such. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
No comprende? Let me type that a little slower for you...
And btw, the songs played on GH/RB are also played by professionals. The only difference is that at a concert, you are surrounded by a large crowd of very loud, and smelly teenagers.
So no caphice, sorry.
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Just followed your advice. Now I'm down $100 and I got the clap. Thanks.
Maybe you do not know how /. used to be like, but very rarely should the person that created the 'article' be the one who submits it. Slashdot should work where 'news for nerds, stuff that matters' is 'discovered' and then posted. There was another recent article (rather video) that made the front page which you accepted and it was of questionable interest as well.
I just watched the *whole* video. And it really really was that bad, I'm afraid. Don't quit your day jobs. Seriously. The score was monotonous as hell, and it sounded like, well, two guitar-on-overdrive-pedals copies. Which is exactly what it was.
I'm not at all against using the guitar hero controllers as instruments. Shit, people like Kevin Johansen can even make mouth harps sound cool, so why not?
But calling this drivel "Classical" music is kind of akin to calling Delius a "classical composer".
It's just a game, jerk wad.
Yeah, playing guitar hero, having some drinks and some laughs. Who wants that~
So in short, you suck.
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Hot debate? I don't think the debate is so hot over whether this helps or hurts one's musical introduction. It's just a simple timing game. Only a few media boobs who like to repeat themselves over and over are the culprits behind your misinterpretation that there is actually a hot debate flaming over such things.
I play the keyboard and guitar. I don't think it's helped or hurt my playing in either. Just as Quake didn't make me any better or worse at hunting dove with a shotgun, or the countless hours of playing counter strike, my accuracy with my 7.62mm sport rifle never changed. It's a game, that's it. Nothing more, nothing less. The 'real thing' in all cases is completely different.
That was Mozart's best work EVER!!!!
Yeah, my karma sucks....but so do the mods.
This has actually inspired me to dig out my real guitar, and practice a little bit. I never want to get so far into guitar hero that I write a mod for it, or play it in front of a crowd.
I listened to the video and thought it was pretty clear that your music education has been hindered by something.
Fuck you, and people like you.
It's a game, it's fun. My son and I have a great time playing it. It's like the game Simon, turned up to 11.
My son and I were playing a Black Sabbath song. At the end we both spontaneously threw the horns.
That was fun as hell.
Nobody playing Guitar Hero thinks they're playing a guitar, no one.
We have a good time, This should be a ***REAL BIG HINT*** to you.
Clue, Programming is boring to almost every one, listening to music and playing a game is boring to almost no one.
Considering real Rock Stars ALSO play and enjoy Guitar Hero, I think They get that it's a game to.
Guess what? Wii tennis, isn't real tennis either! And GTA IV isn't killing real people.
Why can everything else be emulated and extracted out onto a game, but not playing an guitar?
I can play Guitar Hero, AND go to a concert.
As a bonus, my children and I are now talking about music, and I can engage them in a conversation about guitar rifts on the radio, using Guitar Hero as a point of reference.
My children are 10 and 7, both know more about music than I did.
So Guitar Hero: Epic Win
You: Epic Lose
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I hope you enjoy being "That Guy".
The role of the writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say. -Anais Nin
I forgot to mention in my previous message that it's high time /. give up on the hip youtube linkage. Most of us read this shit at work and save the media filled garbage for a setting that allows for lots of bad audio and questionable content on the screen.
/. on the screen, it's no big deal. If the boss comes by and sees two guys pressing buttons hardwired into a shitty synth, he won't be thinking I am staying up to date on the latest geek news that is pertinent, such as security articles, the latest drive technology and such.
For years, if the boss walks by and sees
But go ahead, if you want to turn this into fark and end up eventually blocked by the nanny proxies, keep at it.
Nope. But they might actually play , because it's a real game, and fun.
I've watched 40 seconds of it. (I actually finished to see them get the applause while writing this comment.)
It gets worse.
You make it sound that operating "guitar hero controllers" (designed to be easy to use by children. What's the target age of these things?) is like operating an actual instrument.
Look, I can play a real guitar. I sortof suck at it, but at least I can take pride in the fact I'm so skilled I can make it sound equally sucky.
Reminds me of this episode of South Park.
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Wow... I suppose next you're going to tell me that downloading porn won't improve my technique with the ladies either?
I don't own a mac or an iPhone and I fail to see the connection. I also fail to see why you think that people who play guitar hero don't do anything else?
Why is playing a fake guitar to play a game any different then picking up a fake gun to play a game? Do you complain at people playing Call of Duty that there not actually in a war?
Man, you really area jerk wad, AND you can't think with any kind of logic.
You stand there and gnash your teeth and pull your hair about people playing their fake guitars, we will be having a good time.
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Guitar Hero sucks as an "instrument" and this proves it once again.
Hence my quotation marks. Good job, dude.
Btw, what you describe is more of a frat party than anything. Just because people aren't acting like morons, doesn't mean it's party.
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You know what you call a guitar player without a girlfriend ? Homeless !
I fucked a mom I met on xbox live playing Halo 3. No fucking joke. She wasn't very attractive, but I fucked her anyways just to prove that sometimes, staying home and playing video games can get you laid.
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Smashing your oboe against your amp stack?
Just doesn't feel the same...
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Why read slashdot when you can just go on Youtube?
It's funny to me how venomous all of these comments are, especially after the phrase "I only watched the first 6 seconds of it."
Oh lordy, that's funny. Not only did I only watch six seconds, I watched them with the sound off. I know, I'm so unfair! And then I totally hated on him for not using classical instruments as controllers (whereas for all I know, maybe at 0:12 he whips out an electronic trombone). It totally wasn't a setup for a dumb joke about Oboe Hero, it was pure unadulterated venom. And now, thanks to your comments, I regret my ways.
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If you want to train a little kid on piano, but don't feel like giving them lessons: Paino Hero. Link a computer to some LEDs on the piano keys. Then when the notes are supposed to be played, they light up on the piano.
God spoke to me.
In Soviet Russia, Slashdot gets slashdotted, with spam from other web sites with little links like "slashdot it!"
I guess Slashdot has become popular because it gives a lot of other web sites hits, so people know to submit stories here outside the usual audience. Which poses a problem for the usual audience I guess. Maybe all things mass-submitted should be put under a different category that we can just block. I mean, I would probably read this kind of thing if I came across it on another site, or in an email forward... but that's not what I come to Slashdot for personally.
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Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
not that I expect this to matter to anyone, but the songs at concerts are played by people with musical instruments. Who invest actual creative time and effort into making the music.
Well, sometimes.
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Let see.
"Playing loud music,"
Check
"drinking excessively,"
Check
" sneaking out to the back garden to toke on a joint"
Getting a little old for that.
" and couples copulating in the bedrooms"
Does the hammock or hot tub count? if so, check
" is called a "party"."
I guess the last guitar hero party I went to a party.
What? you think the other people there just spend all there time staring at the 50" 1080p plasma screen with 7.1 sound?
That's right, bitch.
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If people spent as much time practicing a real guitar as they do on the games they might find that they are a REAL guitar hero!
Keep passing the open windows...
Has she proved that you are the father?
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
"Sorry, but who's the one throwing about the "F*** yous" and "jerk wads"?"
I am, weren't you paying attention?
I was, as any one with even moderate intelligence would of realized, referring to the fact you went out of your way to post a rant against something you could have just skipped.
"I use irony and humour to make the occasional funny comment on here."
There was no irony. You are confusing "Ironic" with "Moronic".
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So why make music at all - there's always someone better than you, so invest your money to listen to them
For some strange reason the general discussion makes me want to point out two pieces which prove that rather limited electronic devices can be used to produce something interesting: iBand(2 iPhones and a Wii) and Escapehawaii(Gameboy samples). I wouldn't say that they are good in any regards, but they are making music we wouldn't have without technology and they have a bigger audience than the classic guitar "god" everyone knows from their neighborhood. It's not like I don't like good old hand made music (look here), but it's constantly getting harder to make something new and I can totally understand older friends who stopped buying/taping music around '78 (at least those listening to rock - no substantial progress in this field since then).
I don't read replies by ACs.
I love GTA IV. I don't play Guitar Hero.
Now, I sort of look down on Guitar Hero, but I'm a live and let live kind of guy.
But I do want to point out a very real difference between Guitar Hero and most other games. I can't really defend against and alien invasion. I can't really join the mafia. I can't really be a Simpson. I'll probably never fly a jet. But I can do all these things in video games.
On the other hand, for the price of a current-gen console, a couple of "guitar" controllers, and Guitar Hero I could go out and buy a couple of non-heroic guitars. And in the time some people spend playing that game, I could learn to play one passably. To me, for my money, that's a way better deal.
I'm not trying to persuade you here, but I think this may be why others are. Why simulate something you can actually do?
-Peter
You know what you call a Guitar Hero player without a girlfriend?
...Actually, uh, you just call him a Guitar Hero player.
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Erm, yeah! Let's face it, if you're not watching the screen while fiddling with your plastic guitar, you're not going to be very good at the game now, are you?
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you're so fucked dude.
"Correction, you were playing a timing game to the beat of a Black Sabbath song."
Yes, I know that. You know that, everyone knows that.
"Clue number 2 - I program because I enjoy it & because it pays a salary so I can afford to buy CDs, go to concerts to see proper musicians (including Black Sabbath incidentally) and to buy games to play."
So do I, but I recognize most people would not enjoy it at all; which I am grateful because that keeps my salary higher.
"Yep. So by your logic you also treat yourself to the occasional bag of cocaine because Keith Richards does?"
Virtual cocaine would be the proper analogy. However it doesn't matter because you missed my point;which is Nobody thinks it's real guitar.
"Hey, guess what? You could also play them a Black Sabbath CD and end up doing precisely the same thing. Good isn't it?"
Not really. Kids are more interested in thing when they are doing something.
Not that it's a bad thing, but they would probably get bored listening to they CD and wonder off to read.
"Good luck to them."
Thank you
" But your point is what, precisely?"
You really are obtuse, aren't you?
My point is that it was another way to get my kids interested in music. Since my son is now interested in playing the guitar, I think it worked.
"So be it. I personally don't need to turn everything into a competition. Yes, you win, enjoy yourself."
and you just have to whine about what other people do so you can feel good about yourself.
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Guys ?
Didn't you hear me ?
Stop having fun !
http://xkcd.com/359/
"Epic lose"? You must be new to the 'tubes...
Do you think Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton or Slash play "Linux Kernel Compilation Hero", "Perl Programmer Hero" or "Microsoft Service Pack Hero" in their spare time?
No.
And why?
Because they are ***NOT QUALIFIED*** to do all those wonderful things with operating systems that we Slashdotters are.
Are you insane, retarded, brain damaged, stupid, or do you just intentionally utter the most idiotic and wrong thing you can possibly think of?
The reason Eric Clapton doesn't play "Linux Kernel Compilation Hero" is because the game doesn't exist and if it did it would almost certainly suck. If you could actually make such a game that made Linux Kernel Compilation into a simple task that was also somehow also fun, then maybe Eric Clapton wouldn't play it, but some real guitar player somewhere would. Just like some of them play Guitar Hero because it's fun.
This should be a ***REAL BIG HINT*** to you.
Yeah, a hint that you're a delusional moron.
I'm PERFECTLY qualified to play Guitar Hero (not that I ever have, but that's not even the point). Why? Because just like your hypothetical "Perl Programmer Hero" isn't real Perl Programming, Guitar Hero isn't real guitar! It's a game!
I mean you're clearly suffering from one of two catastrophic mental deficiencies. Either:
1) You think that plastic guitar is actually comparable to a real guitar, with commensurate skill required.
or
2) You think that you should not be able to play a simple game based on an activity unless you are actually an expert at the real activity, and thus would issue the same tard-rant against racing games, war strategy games, FPS games, sports games, and hell basically every game that isn't "Being a Douche on the Internet Hero", the only thing you are actually qualified to do the real version of.
So which is it?
So put down the plastic guitar, go back to your computer screen, earn some money and go buy a CD or a concert ticket.
So, you've never in your life played air guitar to your favorite CD? Never sang along at a concert, despite not having any business being a professional singer?
Soulless, and stupid. You're quite the prize.
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You said it brother! Learn how to play a REAL instrument, build up REAL calluses and the WORK it takes to play correctly. While this game may inspire some, you will find that playing a game where the computer covers up ALL of your mistakes just shows you the work it takes to be a REAL guitar hero.
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True, but people NOT playing aren't just standing around staring at other people playing. That would be pretty boring, and it would make me a bad host.
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I think the youtube link was the problem here - if you read the site first and went 'hmm looks interesting this guy's put a lot of effort into it' and so on - instead of comparing it to the million 'you tube guitar hero' videos you've seen, where hand/eye coordination allows twitch freaks to sound as good as Mustaine - you'd have given this a bit more support than 'LOL sux F5 what next?'
"Give me perpetual instant gratification, or give me death." - with apologies to MacLuhann, Biafra, and Henry, in that order.
By the time you finish reading this sentence will end.
HORRIBLE!!!!
I don't get why everyone's so mad for this being on /.. If your worried your boss will be pissed because your reading this, you probably shouldn't be reading /. at work.
/. article. It's a creative and interesting example of how users find new ways to manipulate and use both software and input devices.
This is a legit
It's also a great example of someone piggy-backing off someone else's ideas to develop their own idea tailored to their own level of interest (a great support for the free-flow of information, albeit this particular example is somewhat trivial)
If there is no news, there is no news. Don't post stupid news to ruin the reputation of the site. All this is saying is that they are starting to value site traffic more than site reputation.
To be more specific I don't come here to see "BREAKING: NES Nudity Galore [VIDEO]!!!" It is the same reason why an investor doesn't expect to see scandalous pictures of Britney Spears on the Wall Street Journal.
Now if Slashdot does want to compete with digg and reddit for the top nerd sensationalist website then fine. People like me will simply stop visiting.
Your bring a unique and interesting argument to this already stale and stagnant conversation! Thank you friend!
Buh?
They're performing a concert for the public. It's experimental, yes. It's original, yes. Many people will hate it, yes. But that's NO EXCUSE for not having practiced enough where they didn't play the piece properly. I counted at least five times (over the course of six minutes) where the performers fell out of sync with each other, not in a "post-modern atonal experimental" kind of way, but in a "I-have-no-fucking-clue-how-we're-supposed-to-be-playing-this-section" kind of way.
There are lots of valid reasons to justify this piece being performed, but there are no valid reasons to justify not playing it properly. If the classical guitarist and violinist can't hack it, then find people with less (but not no) classical training and more Guitar Hero training.
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which is totally what she said
"I can't really defend against and alien invasion" ;)
What, you can't wait 6 moths?
"I can't really join the mafia. I can't really be a Simpson. I'll probably never fly a jet. "
You can do all those things.
"To me, for my money, that's a way better deal."
But probably not a deal for all those people you will be playing 'passably' at. I joke, it was an easy shot.
"Why simulate something you can actually do?"
In fact, it would be trivial to get a gun , steal a car and run over people.
Also, Guitar hero is fun. It's a party game.
FTR: I actually do fiddle around with a real guitar, but nobody wants to come over and watch me do that. They want to come over a participate in a game.
If it wasn't guitar Hero, it would be Wii tennis, or Carcassonne, or Ticket to Ride or Munchkin or..a number of other things.
So it's not time I would be practicing. I can do more then one thing in my life. Now if I was passing on going horseback with my family, stopped going to my kids events and was missing work so I could play Guitar Hero, THAT would be a problem.
But we are talking about Guitar hero and not World of Warcraft!
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If that were me I would have picked up on the 'of' instead of 'have' too. But I'm trying to work past my "I'm a jerk wad" stage of my life. You aren't funny, and you are just showing that you have never played Guitar Hero by your attitude to it. I had a similar attitude til I tried it a few weeks ago, and it's actually great fun. Say hello to yourself
And yes, I am a guitarist (though funnily enough I'm always the drummer when it comes to recording music and playing gigs, since all my friends are guitarists too, but they dont gots no rhythm compared to me)
which is totally what she said
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and you just have to whine about what other people do so you can feel good about yourself. That guys strange sarcastic non involved attitude reminds me of my ex. It makes my blood run cold
which is totally what she said
Hehe, me too. Nothing clears the head before heading home from work like a good ol' flame.
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Geekoid even pointed out that rock stars play guitar hero and have fun. There's plenty of scope for you to learn real songs alongside playing guitar hero, but when you're by yourself you don't have anyone to play the drums and sing, etc. Guitar Hero has a pretty good atmosphere (the crowd boos if you mess up and cheers if you hit lots of notes in a row for example). It's obviously not the same as playing a real guitar, but it does bear a resemblance, and I know my timing has improved over the weeks that I have played it. Not all of my mastery of the game will have translated into increased guitar playing skills, for example doing a hammer on or pull off takes a lot more effort on a real guitar, but the thing is that I hardly ever make time to play my guitar anyway (which cost around as much as my PS3 and Guitar Hero put together), but Guitar Hero has reminded me it's something I enjoy and should spend more serious time on, rather than just occasionally fiddling around with an acoustic on a sunday afternoon every few months..
which is totally what she said
which is totally what she said
As a guitar player I agree guitar hero is just a simulation like many others but its the effort and time people put into getting good at it when a similar amount of effort and time could get them playing an actual guitar. Its just that an actual guitar is so much more rewarding. Also that south park episode is classic! Acoustic guitar hero, genius.
...that it has better sales than Sousaphone Hero.
Oh, no! You have walked into the slavering fangs of a lurking grue!
How can I configure /. to ignore everything posted by timothy? Or by Zonk, for that matter?
That didn't take long ... the ability to add comments to his video has been turned off. It seems that they failed to realize that people may be extra critical of a piece that is neither especially nerdy nor especially musical, yet which aspires to perhaps be both.
... this just does not have the fun or the musicality that can be found elsewhere. Certainly an interesting exercise, but not a good one, and not really Slashdot worthy.
/.ed ... too much negative feedback caused the comment functionality to crash and burn! Or was it something else that crashed and burned ...
I love midi controllers, I love what fun can be had hacking the Wiimote
Interesting that his vid has essentially been manually
Do you think Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton or Slash play "Linux Kernel Compilation Hero"
there really is such a game for easily entertained simpletons to while away the hours just like the legions of Guitar Heroes, it's called Gentoo.
If guitar hero could teach me to learn to read sheet music and recognize different pitches, notes and keys then I would fork over the money for it.
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It's not that they're ign'ant enough to think they're playing a real guitar, but it's frustrating to encounter the GH players who believe that their skill at Guitar Hero button-mashing translates to real guitar skill, and thus fail to realize that they need improvement, and/or lessons.
Believe me, they exist.
It hurts your ability in the same way as using tablature to learn to play songs. At least tablature is better in a sense that you actually have to listen to the song to understand the timing. For someone who doesnt know the instrument / is a beginner, this is is a distraction from the real thing.
I feel like I just got Rickrolled. Thanks Slashdot.
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No Frets on Fire? Seriously? http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net/
I call it 'The Aristocrats'
But then, I hate the pop crap that's in the charts these days.
This was different at least, and I liked it well enough to listen to it twice.
So no, the video hasn't ended that debate.
The comment is rapidly disappearing off the main video page due to a debate over the dancer's sexuality...
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good song (ed: this is a blatant lie)
shame about the guy whos obviously had too much e
Consciousness is a myth. Trust me.
Not everyone aspires to be a classically-trained, sight-reading musician, y'know. I believe Richard Wright, keyboardist of Pink Floyd, to this day cannot read music.
Why is this on the front page, but not my stuff?? I wrote software to turn a GH controller into an instrument: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3ohtqvF33c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkyRRSSKHLU
Guitar Hero came out in 2005. No one became a "REAL guitar hero!" in 3 years, jackass.
Uhhh dude... have you any idea how much damage hitting real people with a real car does to the car? Especially a modern car. You wouldn't actually get very far.
But your point is well made. As a real guitarist, though I've never played Guitar hero, I am sure I'd enjoy it - plus it'd probably help with my rythm. And who knows, with a little R&D, why can't the controller become an instrument in its own right?
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Of course, what about those of us who enjoy Guitar Hero (I've played it a few times at a friend's place, and had a great time, but don't actually own it myself), but have ZERO interest in learning how to play a real guitar?
I am under no illusion that I have any guitar skill, despite becoming relatively good at Guitar Hero. It's a game. It's about pressing buttons with the right timing, like MANY games, but somewhat simplified to the most basic game play form and with a soundtrack of music that for the most part I rather like.
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Thats a different issue. If you reread my post i never mentioned whether its good or bad for people who have no interest in learning the instrument whatsoever.
My apologies - I guess I just got a little riled up by other posters who were spouting off about, "but you're not a REAL guitar hero for playing it!", and took my frustration out on the wrong person. You didn't deserve it.
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seriously, i just lost a few minutes of my life and i want them back.
no issues.
especially with the hot debate over whether or not it hinders people's musical instruction."
:)
No matter the outcome of THAT debate, I think no one can dispute that this upcoming game teaches people to play for real. I'm going to get it.
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As an experienced keyboard & guitar player and as an experienced listener of various genres of rock, metal & prog, I would have to say (at the risk of being modded troll) that is the worst piece of music my ears have ever been exposed to. Sure, Britney Spears tries "really hard" to achieve this level of "sophistication", at least she remains within the boundaries of her genre. This piece is neither genre-specific, nor is it in ANY WAY pleasing to the ear. It displays no musical proficiency whatsoever and probably ends up infuriating those who actually appreciate good music. Calling this piece of crap "Classical Music" not only undermines the reputation of classical music in general, but also belies a complete lack of understanding in the history of music (There being other eras of music also labeled 'Classical' such as Baroque). This post also indicates the decreasing quality of articles appearing on Slashdot. I sincerely hope the moderators review such material before allowing it to be posted on the front page.
Yeah thats just cos doves are usually in the sky though so its harder to run up to them, shoot them in the face then backpedal out of reach of their chainsaw.
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First post = troll. Cleverly worded post designed to enrage others = flamebait.
GRANDSPA'S GUITARS!!
horrible shit. YOu should be banned from Slashdot and whoever aproved this shit.
Not always. I learned to play Stairway to Heaven from tabs without ever having heard the song. When I eventually did, I was quite impressed that I sounded pretty much exactly like the original song. If you have a very good tab, you don't need to have heard the song before, although it does help immensely.
Well I don't mean to sound disrespectful but I don't believe a word you said. Guitar hero is only mono not 7.1.
If you, sir, knew anything about the history of classical music, you wouldn't pull a keyword like 'Baroque' out of your ass to undermine this post's creativity. Baroque music ended before 1750. Classical music has continued through today.
In fact... believe it or not, a genre of classical music known as... Electronic Music (what?!) emerged in the mid-20th century. Composers such as Stokowski, Boulez, and Stockhausen engaged in experimentation with electronic instruments to create music (deemed classical mind you).
I don't understand why everyone has such a hard time understand what's classical about it. There's a freakin' atonal fugue in it. What's that? You don't know? Oh yeah... I forgot, you think that the bands on Guitar Hero are the pinnacle of musical achievement - not untrained garage bands with a record contract.
Open your minds people.
Now there's a challenge!
I think we can keep recursing like this until someone returns 1
I'd love to have a Piano Hero where you could hook up a normal, MIDI digital piano or keyboard up to the system and sightread. It would need to be normally scored music on treble and base clef though, otherwise I don't think I'd want to play it. Imagine trying to play on a full 88-key keyboard where all you see is Guitar Hero-style notes dropping from the sky in 88 columns. Umm, no thanks.
Unfortunately, this would only target aspiring (or actual) musicians so wouldn't sell nearly as well as other games.
It seems like the guitar is a good instrument for most people because it has some of the advantages of the piano of not needing a year or two of training to get a nice note out while also not being too complicated since you can (usually) only play one note or chord at a time.
I guess my point is that instruments aren't for most people so it's nice to have something that's a compromise so you learn some simple technique and can play with your friends but it sounds like you have years of training and can play like a pro. Even for musicians it's nice because nobody has the time to learn every instrument so it's nice to be able to play something you have no training for. Like for me, I know how to play piano and the sax but now have the chance to play the fake guitar and drums (with the drums close enough to actually help learn how to play the real thing).
You know, Future Man has been doing something similar, but far better (in my opinion), for a long time.
you probably just got lucky, no matter how good a tab is, all it can tell you is how many beats there are per measure. and it gets trickier with tricky time signatures. It can never tell you the duration of an individual note the way sheet music does.
I found the video interesting, and the entire concept great. I wasn't too thrilled by the performance, but the idea of the performance is awesome: GH controllers can be used as reasonable instruments (or at least a midi/synth controller of some sort), basically making a proof of concept.
Whether you liked the music or not doesn't matter... if you deny it can be used as an instrument, then you're merely yelling "git off my lawn" like generations of sightless non-musicians have done forever. Might as well yell at the Beatles for daring to use a sitar in their cacophony.
I was honestly surprised by the negative response from
No way, man. Next you'll be suggesting I should pitch out my Activision Atari 2600 Bowling cartridge!
Secession is the right of all sentient beings.
I meant theres a difference between sight reading and being able to read sheet music.
Whoa, I just realized, I need to brush up on my sword fighting (and Wimmenz seducing) skills before I go play God of War II ...