I had an acoustic guitar a good many years ago. I didn’t play it much because it simply made too much noise. I plucked it with my fingers to keep the sound down, but hey … ouch. I still want to play around as a hobby (not a rock star or anything). So I’ve been thinking about getting an electric guitar every now and then. Since the body is solid, the strings hardly make any sound. The popularity of these video games “Guitar Hero” and “Rock Band” has really started to spark my interest as well. I avoided the games simply because they are not real. I feel I would end up learning the wrong thing or some odd fingering techniques. So I started looking into a few things. For one, an electric guitar and an amp runs about 100 dollars on ebay. I’ll dig deeper to find something cheaper, but that looks like a starting point. The other thing that I found was something called Guitar Rising. Rather then using a plastic video game guitar controller, you plug in your electric guitar to the computer (or a microphone) and strum away. It looks like the same concept of the regular video games, except that you can actually learn something form it. Unfortunately, it’s not available yet. Go figure. However, it gives hope into learning how to play a guitar well, and having fun at the same time. Nice way to measure accuracy and stuffs. I also found a site, GuitarGames.net that helps with some simple guitar games.
Tags: Accoustic Guitar, Controller, Electric Guitar, Guitar, Guitar Hero, Guitar Rising, Music, Rock Band, Video Games
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