Hey... whatever man. If you really want to, I'm game for that as long
as you have a guitar to work with. lol. Of course the problem with
pro guitar is... you have to learn the, um, "standard" way to play
that song... which is the way the guitarist originally meant it. Even
if you come up with the same cords and put your own twist on the song
while playing usually, rock band doesn't allow your customizations...
the cords have to be exact. I tried. lol. If you try to do an e power
cord using the top two strings... with your fingers on the 12th and
14th fret, but the song was playerd originally with the exact same
power cord on the d and g strings with your fingers on the second and
fourth frets, the first one is incorrect... because that was not how
the official tabs say it should be.
At 07:25 AM 17/05/2011, you wrote:
Heh well I play piano, but I don't play guitar. so I'd imagine if I
ever tackled pro guitar I'd fail spectacularly due to the fact I
won't have any idea what the heck I'm doing. haha. pro guitar might
be a good learning tool for sighted people, but I doubt it will be
for the blind. Ok dude, I'll teach you how to play piano, you teach
me how to play guitar. then we'll all be happy. deal? lol
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clement Chou" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] learning to play rock band as a blind gamer.
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" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
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" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
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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