How do you practice/prepare? (rock, solo, quote, songs)

mr dave · 04-09-2008, 04:23 PM

really? the video game is different than the real thing? you don't say...

i have yet to see a GH tune that i used to play for real (like one, cherub rock, suck my kiss, sunshine of your love) throw more notes at me than i actually played when i practiced covers. after playing for 15 years the thought of sitting down and regurgitating covers - again - makes me want to give up playing guitar.

GH keeps my fingers nimble - hence the comment about it being a great finger exercise. i never said it was a surrogate for playing the real thing, just my method of choice for practicing. at this point i don't feel the need to practice scales or chord progressions. what i do feel the need for is an activity that helps maintain the dexterity of my fretting fingers and the stamina of my picking hand. GH provides that in spades.

Astronomer · 10-24-2008, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by mr dave

really? the video game is different than the real thing? you don't say...

i have yet to see a GH tune that i used to play for real (like one, cherub rock, suck my kiss, sunshine of your love) throw more notes at me than i actually played when i practiced covers. after playing for 15 years the thought of sitting down and regurgitating covers - again - makes me want to give up playing guitar.

GH keeps my fingers nimble - hence the comment about it being a great finger exercise. i never said it was a surrogate for playing the real thing, just my method of choice for practicing. at this point i don't feel the need to practice scales or chord progressions. what i do feel the need for is an activity that helps maintain the dexterity of my fretting fingers and the stamina of my picking hand. GH provides that in spades.

lol I swear GH has made my actual guitar and piano skills sloppier and lazier.

Fletch · 10-24-2008, 06:22 PM

Before playing i like to think of a tree falling in the forest, but i`m always careful to not be in the way of the falling tree - Damn! Those things can hurt.

mr dave · 10-26-2008, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by lateralus

lol I swear GH has made my actual guitar and piano skills sloppier and lazier.

i think the ratio of controller to instrument is a big factor. i've noticed the same as well but a large part of that is due to losing my jam room a few months back and not really playing at home. can't really crank up 2 amps and a pile of pedals in an apartment.

the only really improvement in my playing technique from playing music games is on bass with a pic. i'm WAY tighter than i ever was. otherwise the games are really just fun hand exercises.

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