[brandon's list] Re: [Audyssey] learning to play rock band as a blind gamer.

"Yohandy" <yohandy85@xxxxxxxxx> · Tue, 17 May 2011 10:09:38 -0400

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.clement@xxxxxxxxx>

To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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" <yohandy85@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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