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" <chou.clem...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
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" <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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