Rock Band Can Teach Real Drum Skills
June 13th, 2010
Video games sure have changed since the old days of Pong, PacMan and all the old favorites of yesterday. Who thought back then that one day video games could be used to teach real skills or become so realistic and technologically advanced?
Guitar Hero Smash Hits
- Experience another dimension of difficulty with the drum kit controller’s double kick-pedal “Expert” difficulty level first seen in Guitar Hero Metallica.
- For the first time, players can rock on their favorite Guitar Hero tracks through the drum kit and mic controllers individually or as a band.
- An epic 48-song setlist made up of the most memorable songs from Guitar Hero games including master recording from: Alice in Chains, Queen, Poison, Rage Against The Machine, Twisted Sister, Joan Jett, Heart, Dragonforce and more.
- Online and offline gameplay modes allow up to 4 players can join together and rock locally, or battle other bands online with up to 8 players.
- In-game functionality including Rock Star Creator, first made famous in Guitar Hero World Tour, as well as Music Studio and GHTunes which allow players to create their own hits and share them online.
The Best of Guitar Hero now for the Full Band! Turn down the lights, crank up the amps and prepare to command center stage with some of the most famous AND infamous tracks from Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. For newer Guitar Hero fans, this is a great chance to catch up and play the best of Guitar Hero, and older Guitar Hero fans have a new reason to expand to the full band. Step into the spotlight in the most epic, full band jam session…
Guitar Hero is not only a game that is fun to play, but it has been said by Harmonix Music representatives that if you can play the Rock Band drum set on the ‘hard’ setting, you can pretty much play the drums for real! But are you really playing the drums, or just copying the pattern you see on the screen? If you can master the video game drumming, it doesn’t mean that in you will be able to sit at a real drum set and be able to play. To play real drums you need to be able to read music. which you won’t learn playing a game; excellent coordination and rhythm. If you can’t read music you may never be able to play real drums unless you are musically gifted and able to hear what needs to be done. Most bands these days no longer use electronic drum kits such as were popular in the 80′s. A real drum kit gives you actual control over the sound of the notes, their length and more.
One thing real drums won’t need is Guitar Hero World Tour cymbal cable, because real cymbals don’t have a cable that is too short and breaks all the time.
The simplest drum kits are harder to play than the Guitar Hero World Tour game or Rock Band drum kit. Not being a musical person myself, I find just the picture of a real drum kit intimidating! Imagine sitting behind a huge set of drums, knowing that you are responsible for setting the rhythm for your band and they all rely on you. If you get to that point you are obviously a good drummer, but for a novice even the Rock Band drum kit can be too much. Learning drumming starts with knowing have to keep the beat. You first need to be able to keep rhythm if you want to learn to play the drums? Not necessarily. Good drummers can add to songs with their skills as well as just setting the rhythm for everyone else to follow. {You may not always notice the drums, but if you were to take them out of the song I think you would notice for sure!
Can Guitar Hero or Rock Band games actually teach how to play drums? Most likely not, but you can sure start learning the basics. Learn drumming basics with the games, practice counting out the beat, and you will be starting your one way journey straight to the top!
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I also dont think a rock band drum set will teach you how to play drums. But it might actually be a very good introduction with regards to learning to keep time and counting. so when you actually get to a real drum set it might not be that unfamiliar.