Well, my theory was right then... thanks for confirming what I
already know. The thing is it isn't figuring out what notes are
what... I can do that just fine. It's the finger movements on that
fret board... it isn't the way I'm used to doing things. lol. I'm
used to playing cords with my fingers on different levels of altitude
on the neck... not have all my fingers flat like on a piano. I think
that's mostly why I can't play expert so well... the songs I can do
on expert I can do fine because the changes aren't that hard to do.
Even painkiller... which I can do on expert bass, I mess up because
of the fact that there's a rapid sequence of hammer ons ranging from
red, yellow then blue and gradually gets faster and faster. I find
that hard to do... yet give me a real guitar and I can do that
easily. But again.. what you're saying about the charter's point of
view makes sense. That was pretty much how I visualized it, but
thanks for confirming it.
At 07:09 AM 17/05/2011, you wrote:
Clement,
Lol. I know what you mean. Thing is playing the real thing is way
different than playing it in rock band. I actually consider rock
band to require more muscle memory than the real thing as a matter
of fact. with a real guitar, keyboard, etc, you can improvise, and
you can figure out the songs by ear and go with your instinct most
times. in rock band there's no obvious way for you to know ok this
is green red etc. you have to apply a bit of logic to things. as I
said before, think of it from a charter's point of view. if you were
charting a song, how would you go about doing so? think of the
buttons you're pressing and ask yourself, is this button placement
logical? can you move around the fretboard with no awkwardness? as
for the logic part. let's say you play an E chord assigned to
buttons green and yellow . if the next chord is higher than the
first, would you press Green and red? obviously you wouldn't since
red is lower on the fretboard. however, would you press red and
blue? blue and orange? or what if it was red, blue and orange all at
once? that all depends on subsequent chords or notes played after
the second chord. for 3 buttons inputs, usually it depends on how
full the chord is. if the guitarist intended the chord to be played
in an arpeggiated method, it usually is a good indication that you
have a 3 button chord there. then of course there are the rules. you
can never have 4 or 5 buttons chords. to my knowledge, you cannot
have green, yellow and orange chords. you cannot have green and
orange chords either. at least I don't recall finding any. if you
want more info on this you can check the Rock Band network
documentation. it's a fun read and you'll quickly find out how
strict Harmonix is with their charting. Hope this taught you guys something !
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clement Chou" <chou.clem...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] learning to play rock band as a blind gamer.
I can help out with drums as well as vocals. I'l give you the
guitar and bass since rock band guitar and bass is a nightmare for
me... on expert depending on the song. Yet, I can play the real
thing and play the same tough songs with no difficulty whatsoever.
lol. I guess muscle memory and old habbits die hard.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Yohandy" <yohand...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 11:17 AM
Subject: [Audyssey] learning to play rock band as a blind gamer.
Ok first things first. a requirement to start learning to play
rock band is to own rock band. if you don't have a ps3/360/wii,
don't have rock band, and aren't willing to seriously learn to
play rock band, don't bother responding. this is for those of you
that want to get better, or learn to play guitar, bass, vocals,
and drums. I'm going to try and teach you guys to play on expert,
since we all know expert is such fun. right? riiiiiiiight? ok
good. Now I'll mostly concentrate on guitar, bass and vocals. If
there are any good RB drummers out there, I know Clement plays
drums regularly, then you can perhaps tackle drums. I suck at
drums, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. lol. However when it
comes to guitar and bass, I pretty much have it all figured out.
it isn't just a matter of learning notes and chords either. you
need to think of this from a charter's point of view, and I'm
going to try and teach you how to do this. also if you can play a
real instrument, or have some experience with music in general
it'll help tremendously. I'm willing to work with you guys
individually, or in groups, via skype, or similar program.
communicating in real-time is a must for this as I need to hear
what you are doing in the game. If you guys are interested,
feel free to contact me privately or respond on here with your
details, and I'll keep in touch.
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