guitars gone wild

[heyjer]

I belive the greatest improvement that could be made to Rockband would be to have an "open" note added for the guitar. It would be much like the kick on the drums. A bar across the whole screen = strum without hitting any colored notes. It would make it much more like a real guitar, with many more note possibilities. Oh and on a side note we need a guitar made out of nerf so we can smash it at end of setlist without doing harm to the equiptment. :D

[shadebug]

open notes would be awesome, especially since I'm pretty sure playing an open note counts as a wrong note.

That said, whenever I play guitar I do my best to remove open notes because i dislike them in normal play

[Caesar593]

I agree. It would make sense, but how much of a challenge would it add? I still think they should do it in the interest of accuracy, but I'm not sure how much harder or even easier it would make it.

[heyjer]

I actually think it would be easier for beginners, my wife gets so confused she is constantly looking at the guitar to see the colors. Having an open note would give some pauses so they can look at the guitar and see the colors. (Here comes a terrible example i know ) Instead of green red red, green blue red. It could be open red red, open green, red. Just like the real thing.

[PCTraitor]

open notes would be awesome, especially since I'm pretty sure playing an open note counts as a wrong note.

That said, whenever I play guitar I do my best to remove open notes because i dislike them in normal play

You mean you don't play the open note on your guitar? I guess I can see the reason for that if you are talking about the potential ringing that can happen by the string vibrating the other strings. Is that the reason? Sometimes you have to play a string "open" though and you just mute the other strings with your hand.

I thought about an open note on the guitar for this game. You could probably alter your game guitar to play green or orange notes that way to avoid having to move your hand.

People have talked about adding more buttons, upto 12, but really you'd have ot make the buttons so much smaller and you start to really cross the line of it being a game.

[BhindBluEyes430]

Yea i would love an open note i thought they should have added it in GH2 to make playing misrlou more realistic :D

[heyjer]

It would be great if we could get a guitar solo much like the drum solo's that appear througout the game. open string + 5 buttons = E,(open string)A,D,G,B,E. da da daaaaah da da daaahdum da da daaaah dahm dahm dahm

[DrEvyl666]

I would be down for open notes... the lack of them has been the hardest thing for me to adapt to in this game. I'm used to playing real guitar, so it's kinda weird to think about fretting every note...

[heyjer]

Mettalica with open notes would be so much fun and much more realistic.

[shadebug]

You mean you don't play the open note on your guitar? I guess I can see the reason for that if you are talking about the potential ringing that can happen by the string vibrating the other strings. Is that the reason? Sometimes you have to play a string "open" though and you just mute the other strings with your hand.



honestly, I just never got used to muting the string so I find it ruins the sound unless it's a final note. I just play the note somewhere it isn't open if I can

sucking makes me a more creative guitarist

[x_fiddle]

Open notes would be a great addition IMO. As a real musician that was one of the weirdest things to adapt to on Guitar Hero (the lack of an open string strum).

[heyjer]

Ditch the wammy bar in place of open notes!

[Ardius]

honestly, I just never got used to muting the string so I find it ruins the sound unless it's a final note. I just play the note somewhere it isn't open if I can

sucking makes me a more creative guitarist

Creative? lol, rather more like horribly limiting.

If you dont play open strings, how on earth do you even perform half of the chords?

[MrZeebub]

I've wanted open notes ever since I first played GH. I think it would be a fantastic way to expand the game play mechanic.

[TheBuddhistPalm]

i never even once considered it (maybe because i dont play real guitar) but i think open notes is a great idea. i really think it could add a little more to the already great game.

lol at the nerf guitar idea!

[shadebug]

Creative? lol, rather more like horribly limiting.

If you dont play open strings, how on earth do you even perform half of the chords?

2 issues here. The first is I mostly play riffs, so very little chords (mostly because my fingers fail at barring so i just don't bother), the second is that I substitute for normal notes where possible. In some situations it's just not doable for whatever reason.

Of course, that said,

chord - open notes = POWER CHORD!

you loves it

[HMXDave]

That said, whenever I play guitar I do my best to remove open notes because i dislike them in normal play

What?

That is so f-ing strange. I have never heard of anyone doing that.

Why do you not like open notes? I am confused.

EDIT:

You could tune your whole guitar down a half-step. That way, you can play the notes that would have been open notes in standard tuning by using the first fret.

[gocryemokid]

A lot of hardcore songs and stuff have open notes in real life. In dropped D the chords on the low e are all bar chords, so E0 A0 D0 is used often as it is the deepest note that can be achieved in said tuning. Therefore, it would probably provide more accuracy in such songs.

Also not to mention, of course, the countless number of riffs and solo's that include open notes.

[HMXDave]

A lot of hardcore songs and stuff have open notes in real life. In dropped D the chords on the low e are all bar chords, so E0 A0 D0 is used often as it is the deepest note that can be achieved in said tuning. Therefore, it would probably provide more accuracy in such songs.

In Drop D, there is no low E. It's tuned to D, hence the name. The chord made by playing the lowest three strings open would be D-A-D.

Sorry if this is nitpicking.

[moshun]

I'm not sure about the open note but I'm all for the Nerf guitar. *grins and nods emphatically*

[heyjer]

Anybody remember the SNL commercial for Nerf Crotch Bats, also nerf crotch missle? couldn't find it on youtube

[shadebug]

What?

That is so f-ing strange. I have never heard of anyone doing that.

Why do you not like open notes? I am confused.

EDIT:

You could tune your whole guitar down a half-step. That way, you can play the notes that would have been open notes in standard tuning by using the first fret.

the note rings out and i'm not good enough to mute it and keep playing so I find it kinda ruins a lot of riffs. I generally just move down a string and onto the fifth fret and play that if needs be. Of course, sometimes that isn't possible with my lack of skills bu it tends to work reasonably well

I'm not playing to get good, I'm playing for a bit of fun, so i tailor my guitaring to that end

[heyjer]

shadebug let me guess you've had a guitar for about 3 years now and played it for the first 2 months then quit, but ocassionlay pick it up when your drunk?
This is like saying i dont like to use the high-hat so i substitute crashes instead?!?

[integral_taken]

Keenan '08. Yes!

Oh, and I like the idea. I've thought of it also before, along with the "guitar fill" ideas. The fills would have to be tuned into the key being played, along with whether its major, minor, blues, dorian, etc. as best as possible so at least the notes being played sound like the song even if you're playing bad.

[visualdeity]

shadebug let me guess you've had a guitar for about 3 years now and played it for the first 2 months then quit, but ocassionlay pick it up when your drunk?
This is like saying i dont like to use the high-hat so i substitute crashes instead?!?

Way to be insulting. Who the hell are you to judge how he plays guitar? If he likes it that way, and he can do ok with it, more power to him. Hell, why should he even give a damn, for that matter, if anyone approves at all? He plays for his own sense of fun (as he should), it doesn't matter what some judgemental ass like you thinks.

And I'd like remind you that lots of great musicians started something which is accepted now, but at the time was very unorthodox. Leave him the hell alone, and let him play guitar his way. You play guitar yours.

[heyjer]

I am the almighty oprah and can say, do, and go as i please



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