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Dhani Harrison says Rock Band 3 will be more realistic, teach you how to play music
November 6, 2009 by The News Team Filed Under: Wii

"I'm working on Rock Band 3 and making the controllers more real so people can actually learn how to play music while playing the game. Give me a couple years, it's going to happen." - Dhani Harrison, Harmonix/George Harrison's son

I would love to play real guitar, but I fear that if Rock Band 3 takes this direction, it will become too difficult for me to play. Hell, I have trouble with it now! These baby hands weren't meant for games like this.

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Drizzt
November 6, 2009 at 1:48 pm
I'm very interested now. :)
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redhatdrawler
November 6, 2009 at 1:49 pm
If it actually teaches you how to play that would be great. Didn't they release a guitar a while ago that had LED lights where the cords were and it showed you how to play.
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tendoboy1984
tendoboy1984
November 6, 2009 at 1:50 pm
That wasn't Guitar Hero. It was a 3rd party thing.
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joeshabadoo
November 6, 2009 at 1:51 pm
very interesting, and INCREDIBLY ambitious
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redhatdrawler
November 6, 2009 at 1:54 pm
@tendoboy1984

I know that, but my main point is that someone released one. But now that Music games are blowing up. I would think it would be a great idea to have something like that.
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rodjoh
November 6, 2009 at 1:58 pm
I dunno man... this is a cool idea but if they gon try to teach you music it should be a side thing, the simple simon-says gameplay shouldn't change too much!
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The_Dude1212
November 6, 2009 at 2:01 pm
I'm intrigued, but I'm not sure if it will be successful. I wouldn't mind learning how to play Ukelele so I can play Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World medleys by Israel Kamakawiwi'ole.

And I guess that tells us RB3 is still a ways away, lol
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SpinachPuffs
November 6, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Bring on the 72-button guitar controller!
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Archangel_James
November 6, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Since when did Dhani Harrison start working at Harmonix? I'm not sure this will pan out. Besides, GH/RB already helped me learn to play bass.
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Mattiac
Mattiac
November 6, 2009 at 2:21 pm
@RMC: And Elton John's fingers ain't made for playing the piano, but he still does it! Don't let your fingers stop you if you want to play music!
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MoldyClay
November 6, 2009 at 2:21 pm
If they do that, that's awesome.

But they will have to have a "classic" control style for casuals.
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berkut
November 6, 2009 at 3:02 pm
I would totally love that. I want to start playing guitar, in fact within few weeks.

I hope people will stop b**** about how "lame" gh/rb is. (that applies mostly to musicans that have never played those games, or realize just how many can be inspired to play on real instruments just because of those games)
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LDAF
LDAF
November 6, 2009 at 4:14 pm
@SpinachPuffs

Actually, 144 button controller! 24 frets, 6 strings! Unless they use those metal guitars, which sometimes have 7 strings, so 168 buttons... XD
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Fatal Frame Fanboy
Fatal Frame Fanboy
November 6, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Teaching you how to play music would be nice. Especially learning about how to play the guitar.
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Q_Mulative
November 6, 2009 at 5:39 pm
For guitar, it'll be about realism vs. minimising moving parts. 3rd party peripherals tend to be built to be bought, broken, and bought again. A 168-button controller is just asking for a 168% fail-rate.

What they could do is go with a rigid touch-panel like you see on laptops. It won't move, and it'll sense the position of your fingers without much pressure.
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Artistic_Anarchy
November 6, 2009 at 5:43 pm
My god, Rock Band 3 is going to be amazing. Amazing.

I can't wait for it to come out.
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Wave
November 6, 2009 at 9:06 pm
I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this. It's EXTREMELY ambitious, and I know that Harmonix would have the best chance of doing something like that, but I still doubt it'll ever happen, or if it does what it'll do to the series.

I don't play RB2 because I want to learn how to play an instrument.

I still am looking forward to RB3 though. Probably going to go pick up Lego Rock Band tomorrow.
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Lanmanna
Lanmanna
November 7, 2009 at 7:42 am
You are actually going to pay for Lego Rock Band?
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Wave
November 7, 2009 at 9:45 am
If only to export the songs to RB2. It has more than enough good ones.
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qko
qko
November 7, 2009 at 10:43 am
I was once one to talk crap about gh/rb but many of those friend who'd play these games had a sense of superiority for getting 5 stars or 100% in a song, as if they could truely play the song. But after playing I did see that the games have a good senseof teaching chord structure and positioning in guitar for the harder difficulties, and rhythm for the drums, couldn't tell you about bass since I've never played it.
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bryguy927
bryguy927
November 7, 2009 at 11:37 am
That's cool. Though, I play the drums mostly, so I don't know how anything will change except maybe if they added the use of a second pedal and one or two more colors.
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Kafei464
Kafei464
November 7, 2009 at 1:04 pm
All interest in RB3 = destroyed
I don't care about learning to play guitar, i just want to press buttons in timeto music! god, why does everyone see me playing RB or GH and assume i'd like to learn to play music for real?
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thisboywillbreak
November 7, 2009 at 11:57 pm
No thanks! Plastic instruments with buttons on them are the future! Amirite pals or amirite?!
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bryguy927
bryguy927
November 8, 2009 at 9:28 am
@Kafei464

I would assume that you could have your choice in how you want to play. I think they know that it could ruin the game if they did it only the realistic way.
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