That reminds me of Disney's Star Guitarist (http://gizmodo.com/5128332/disney-star-guitarist-guitar-hero...), a game using a real guitar, not sure if it ever came out though..
New Guitar Game with Real Six String Controller
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Re: New Guitar Game with Real Six String Controller
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, but there's a middle phase where you're self-conscious about having fun for the sake of fun.
Being able to just have fun actually playing an instrument has truly been a blast for me the past 20 years.
I bet it is - more than just fun, I imagine, but enriching. Not everyone chooses to enrich themselves in that way. I have chosen others. But it's still fun to play Guitar Hero or Rock Band with a bunch of friends, despite having no musical talent or practice.
Re: New Guitar Game with Real Six String Controller
#23If you want a game that realistic why not actually play a six string guitar?
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.
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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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Being able to just have fun actually playing an instrument has truly been a blast for me the past 20 years.
I bet it is - more than just fun, I imagine, but enriching. Not everyone chooses to enrich themselves in that way. I have chosen others. But it's still fun to play Guitar Hero or Rock Band with a bunch of friends, despite having no musical talent or practice.
If tunes get stuck in your head, you have musical talent. If you can play a rhythm game like Guitar Hero, you can probably play music too. It used to be that most every household had someone very good at music. In the same way that there was a lot more awesome home cooking.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
I bet it is - more than just fun, I imagine, but enriching. Not everyone chooses to enrich themselves in that way. I have chosen others. But it's still fun to play Guitar Hero or Rock Band with a bunch of friends, despite having no musical talent or practice.
If tunes get stuck in your head, you have musical talent. If you can play a rhythm game like Guitar Hero, you can probably play music too. It used to be that most every household had someone very good at music. In the same way that there was a lot more awesome home cooking.
I don't disagree, but I also don't see why that should make me self-conscious for having fun playing those games.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
If tunes get stuck in your head, you have musical talent. If you can play a rhythm game like Guitar Hero, you can probably play music too. It used to be that most every household had someone very good at music. In the same way that there was a lot more awesome home cooking.
I don't disagree, but I also don't see why that should make me self-conscious for having fun playing those games.
I don't have to make you anything. I have a right to my opinion and to express it politely. Please quote any impoliteness on my part.
I'd also suggest this gedankenexperiment: imagine buying a game controller, owning it for three years, and getting good at the game. Then imagine buying a guitar, owning it for three years, and getting good at it.
How does this suggestion make you feel? Do those feelings come from my words, or from somewhere in yourself?
Please don't blame me. I'm not making you be anything.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't disagree, but I also don't see why that should make me self-conscious for having fun playing those games.
I don't have to make you anything. I have a right to my opinion and to express it politely. Please quote any impoliteness on my part. I'd also suggest this gedankenexperiment : imagine buying a game controller, owning it for three years, and getting good at the game. Then imagine buying a guitar, owning it for three years, and getting good at it. How does this suggestion make you feel? Do those feelings come from my…
We have a strange semantics mis-understanding. I don't feel self-conscious playing those games. Nor do I think I or anyone else should. Your comment makes it sound like we should. I tried to explain why I think that is mistaken.
Your comment about impoliteness is baffling, since I never said anything about your tone.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't have to make you anything. I have a right to my opinion and to express it politely. Please quote any impoliteness on my part. I'd also suggest this gedankenexperiment : imagine buying a game controller, owning it for three years, and getting good at the game. Then imagine buying a guitar, owning it for three years, and getting good at it. How does this suggestion make you feel? Do those feelings come from my…
We have a strange semantics mis-understanding. I don't feel self-conscious playing those games. Nor do I think I or anyone else should. Your comment makes it sound like we should. I tried to explain why I think that is mistaken. Your comment about impoliteness is baffling, since I never said anything about your tone.
You're seriously putting words in my mouth. Why do you think I want to coerce emotions in others? Wouldn't an entirely pragmatic interpretation fit just as well?
To paraphrase William Gibson: "My songs are of time and distance. The emotion is in you."
More directly: am I trying to coerce you into feelings, or talking abstractly about people's feelings now and in the future?
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
We have a strange semantics mis-understanding. I don't feel self-conscious playing those games. Nor do I think I or anyone else should. Your comment makes it sound like we should. I tried to explain why I think that is mistaken. Your comment about impoliteness is baffling, since I never said anything about your tone.
You're seriously putting words in my mouth. Why do you think I want to coerce emotions in others? Wouldn't an entirely pragmatic interpretation fit just as well? To paraphrase William Gibson: "My songs are of time and distance. The emotion is in you." More directly: am I trying to coerce you into feelings, or talking abstractly about people's feelings now and in the future?
Sigh. Let me put it this way: It's the only reasonable interpretation I can come up with of your original comment.