OMG why don't you play a real guitar!!!!111!

**Fug** · Joined: 08 Jul 2007 Posts: 2188 Location: Grand Rapids, MI

This has to be the stupidest idea ever. Like HellAshes said, if your holding a real guitar, why not play real music?
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**mike12361** · Joined: 22 Jun 2008 Posts: 1 Location: lancaster, uk

as a wannabe guitar hero i have an electric guitar gathering dust 'cos lessons are always too boring and expensive, gh3 kept me amused for a while but now i wanna start learning the real thing again. this game looks perfect for me and people in my situation - happy days but i bet that we in the uk get it last as per usual!!! anyone know of a similar game for usb drum machine?

**itzme10** · Joined: 18 Feb 2008 Posts: 2

yeah looks kinda dumb but i saw it a long time ago and havent seen anything about it, but the guitars they show are SO cool!

**KyxNL** · Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 15 Location: Amsterdam, Holland

Cauze i love games, and i'm don't got rythm at all, but i beat my sis with guitar hero (my sis plays guitar since she was 4xD)! Lawl
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**GregoryZero** · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 2338 Location: California

**habitat** · Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 30

It's funny how many people are talking down on this. You all play guitar hero? Really, no one sees how funny that is?

A real musician wouldn't knock this game as it could be a way for people to get interested in playing music. Also, some individuals may be able to learn faster or understand concepts better using this game while having FUN. You know, the reason you play guitar hero or play realtar or anything.

So all the "real" guitarists saying this game sucks or the concept is pointless, even before it comes out, should take the foots out of your mouth and think before you post. You look like great guys.

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**Svenshinhan** · Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Posts: 3 Location: The Netherlands

Just to add my two cents:

I think Guitar Rising has the potential to be really great, like ImaCarrot has already said. I haven't played it myself, but it really appeals to me. I play Guitar Hero, and I really LOVE the games, but I ALSO like to play real guitar. Thing is, I'm a beginner and I'll be damned if I pay large sums of money per hour for a teacher. So I've been teaching myself through various guitar learning sites (and my dad's giving me pointers every now and then) and am moderately successful.

A "game" like Guitar Rising would be excellent for someone like me. An almost ideal way of learning to play the guitar.

It's not meant for:
- people who only want to play a game and not real guitar (that's what GH and Rock Band are for)
- people who are already real Rock Gods

For everyone in between those two extremes (people who want to learn to play guitar or are still learning/improving), this might be really great software. True, it requires a real guitar, which can be pricey, but I think it's a safe bet that the target audience for this "game" already have a guitar or were going to get one eventually anyway.

I can certainly understand why Guitar Rising is only interesting to a relatively small group of people, but for those people it might just be the greatest thing ever, depending on how the finished product turns out. I know I'll be keeping my eye on it anyway.

**Nailuj** · Joined: 19 May 2007 Posts: 597 Location: Daytona Beach, FL

Yikes... the release date has been updated to "2009"...

Ehh... I'm still deciding weather to get it or not... I don't know almost all of the songs on there, however, once I learn most of those songs I can probably just read the tabs to other songs.

Here is the confirmed song list so far (Seen from the video and on this thread):

Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
Stereo 360 - Automatic
The Providence - Certain Words in Uncertain Times
Telescope - Green
Even the Odd - It's Over
K-Ration - Mental
Anything but Joey - Miss Mary Mack
Casey Maxwell - On With the Show

Maybe someone who has maybe beta tested this game can fill us in on more of the setlist... hmm?
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**LittleBigStar** · Joined: 19 Oct 2008 Posts: 5

LittleBigStar allows you to play real guitars (or other real instruments), midi instruments and game controllers. It imports real tabulature and audio files. It even doubles as a free guitar-syntheziser and will have multiplayer and a score sheet interface as well.

Currently, I'm looking for people interested in helping with testing, design and ideas.

Please check it out: http://LittleBigStar.net

**RhythmBastard** · Joined: 22 Oct 2008 Posts: 23

I'll wait until the final songlist is out before I make a buying decision. It sounds similiar to (CAN'T PLUG HERE THIS IS MY SIG COUNTRY), but I think what sets it above guitar teaching programs and tabs is actual feedback.

There are such things as "scores to beat" and more notes. People progress better when they have something tangible to work with, and can see results. That's why we get hooked in the first place.

I am keeping one eye on LittleBigStar too...
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**MFazio23** · Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 3

Since I'm a terrible guitarist in real life, this could be a nice too for learning stuff.

It'll probably be easy enough to make custom songs that don't suck, too.

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