I think I will be playing this game for many years to come...

[Dr.Smoot]

Because I am simply awful at plastic guitar.

I wince/chuckle at the kids saying how easy this game is - "medium" is about as much as I can manage, and not all that well at that. I have been at this since I bought it on the 9th, and in that time I have scored 100% on medium guitar on exactly nothing. If I dare hard (let alone expert) I am usually done within 5-10 seconds. I can't even play "Yellow Submarine" on hard. The good part of this is that I can look forward to many hours of play without worrying about having "beaten" the game, because I don't think I ever will.

Someone needs to make a game with keyboards. That I would ace.

[justin19954]

Well for a word of advice, don't give up! We all started out just like you and worked are way up. All you have to do is to get used of sliding your pinky to orange and you'll be playing expert in no time!

[RingotheDingo]

It takes time, I remember I played GH2 like every day for 3 hours and it took me 3 or 4ish months to get to hard. Then when I got to that expert was a easy jump. I remember the satisfaction I got when I finally beat Free Bird lol

[Jorm]

Yep, take your time, have fun, and it will come to you. I stayed at Medium for probably 6 months before I finally took the plunge to the higher levels.

The biggest jump will be Medium --> Hard (generally). That pesky orange button. >.<

If you want to ease the transition, you can go Medium Guitar --> Hard Bass --> Hard Guitar --> Expert Bass --> Expert Guitar.

Usually, bass is a bit tamer than guitar. Though Paul's active bass playing in this game is a test.

[heididesorder]

Thank Goodness for TB:RB, I usually have a hard time trying to get through the songs on medium, now I do it easily. Still, I find hard... well, hard. I wish there was another level between medium and hard, that was fast paced but without that darn orange button.

[PCTraitor]

This game isn't easy. I think they did a good job making the instruments in the game challenging for a band that favored the song and melody over flashy instrumentation. But really if you think about it this is the hardest rhythm game so far....because of the harmony vocals. Hitting triple fabs on expert consistently is a daunting task indeed!

For me this is has replaced Rock Band 2 as the goto party game because of the vocal harmonies. The solo vocalist on Rock Band pales in comparison now.

[RoofTopRookie]

Because I am simply awful at plastic guitar.

I wince/chuckle at the kids saying how easy this game is - "medium" is about as much as I can manage, and not all that well at that. I have been at this since I bought it on the 9th, and in that time I have scored 100% on medium guitar on exactly nothing. If I dare hard (let alone expert) I am usually done within 5-10 seconds. I can't even play "Yellow Submarine" on hard. The good part of this is that I can look forward to many hours of play without worrying about having "beaten" the game, because I don't think I ever will.

Someone needs to make a game with keyboards. That I would ace.

Absolutely nothing to worry about. I myself, never had any interest
in music video games before i caught TB:RB bug back in June.
Hell, i even wasted $99 on the RB2 bundle last month to see if
TB:RB would be something that i could possibly play! lol

Now i play TB:RB on "medium", absolutely love it. ive even started
singing on "easy" at the same time, and its even more fun!

[esquehill]

It's not easy. Try putting your left index finger
on the RED key; and use your index finger for both
RED and GREEN; that way your pinky only does
ORANGE. You'll only find the ORANGE notes at
the hard and expert levels; but practicing in this
position on medium will prepare you....

[WildSubnet]

It's not easy. Try putting your left index finger
on the RED key; and use your index finger for both
RED and GREEN; that way your pinky only does
ORANGE. You'll only find the ORANGE notes at
the hard and expert levels; but practicing in this
position on medium will prepare you....

That never worked for me. You'll have to learn to shift. Luckily, TB:RB chart speeds are the same for Medium and Easy. GH adds the extra fret and speeds up the chart, too. So this is the perfect game to make the jump. I'm currently mostly hard with some expert on the easier stuff. I too never thought I'd get anything on expert ever so there is hope.

[ArothmanMusic]

Don't forget about the "practice" mode! I was playing pretty comfortably on medium, but when I shifted up to hard I totally took a crap all over the song. The 'practice' mode lets you repeatedly work on a single verse, chorus, intro, or whatever at up to 30% slower than real speed so you can get used to the pattern. That'll help a lot!