What is the correlation between skills from Guitar Hero/Rock Band and learning to play real guitar?

I play Guitar Hero pretty regularly with a friend who plays guitar, and I have a little experience with a guitar myself. There's not much correlation to the actual instrument from the controller because the controller is far too simple. The lack of strings, pretty much, is the biggest difference.

That said, the controller does impart some key skills to players, especially those who stick with the game and get pretty good: 1. Dexterity. The hardest part of learning to play guitar, at least at first, is training your hand and fingers to act independently of one another.

Most people don't use their little finger even as much as it is used in simple guitar songs, so training your finger to stretch out and hold down the buttons on expert Guitar Hero is a great step toward being able to play guitar. Getting used to moving your fingers around as individuals helps a lot. 2.Rhythm.

Once you can move all the fingers on your hand well enough to play expert Guitar Hero, the next big skill you learn is keeping rhythm with all those fingers. Getting used to moving your hand quickly and getting your fingers to move quickly and in time with the music also will go a long way toward playing. So while Guitar Hero definitely won't even come close to teaching you to play guitar, it does give you some skills that will speed up beginning on the actual instrument.

I have a friend who plays Guitar Hero to an unhealthy extent who's transfering those skills to the actual guitar. He definitely seems to be ahead of the game as far as being a beginner.

IMO, the Rock Band version is too simplistic to give much of a feel for real guitar playing. (It doesn't answer the question, but you may be interested to note that the DRUMS on Rock Band do have the potential to teach someone starting out some fundamentals that translate pretty well into playing real drums. This guy turned his drum kit into rock band controllers.

I think he said the "blue" notes are tricky since they are used to represent more than 1 drum, but other than that, he seems to show that the game could get someone pretty close to being able to do the real thing. youtube.com/watch?v=0j4v_1Gx04M ) ).

It gives you an idea of note progressions, hammer ons/offs, and gets you somewhat used to using your fingers to create chords. I've noticed accomplished guitar players seem to pick it up a lot faster but struggle with the idea of not playing what you hear. I know that kills me with the drums, I've been playing for 10 years and I struggle to not play how I hear it.

I by no means think that it should be used to teach people to play the guitar, but it does get people interested, which is cool.

I was spending hours every day playing Guitar Hero, like a fanatic, trying to get 5 stars on all the songs in Hard Mode. I was watching YouTube tutorial videos, practicing techniques. Then I realized, hey you know what?

All this time I'm spending on GH could be spent actually learning how to play a real guitar. So I put down the controller and bought myself an Ibanez for Christmas. The only benefit that has carried over from GH into my real guitar playing (if that's what you can call it at this point) is the flexibility in my fingers.

Keeping your fingers on the four buttons on the controller actually increases overall flexibility, allowing you to spread your fingers further apart and that's really helpful in playing a real guitar. Conversely, I play GH much better now cuz it no longer seems so difficult when compared to the real thing. Songs that I was stuck on for quite a while, I zipped through them and got 5 stars on the first try.

Other than that, other than the shape of the controller and the fact that both things involve music, there is no real comparison. They both require unique skill sets and somebody who excels at one won't necessarily excel at the other.

Not to much except the coordination between the left and right hand. The positions for the fingering on the left hand is more complex in the real thing because you have 6 strings that you must move between in addition to the frets. The right hand is very basic compared to most songs.It also dpends on if you are picking the strings or strumming them.

I'm not sure if there is a objective answer to that but, as a competent guitar player, I find the crossover to be about the same as any other video game. You're holding a guitar knockoff but it's ultimately just another controller. The game itself may help you with timing and rhythm but the game does not impart any sense of music theory, chord fingering, strumming patterns or other actual guitar skill.

The same as the skill correlation between being a trained soldier and playing gears of war, none.

I think that playing Guitar Hero a lot can help you play hammer-ons and pull-offs on the real guitar. Otherwise the Guitar Hero guitar is just like a fun game.

The correlation is about the same as learning to hunt by playing Whack-a-Mole.

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