Learning to use the Pro Guitar
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Yesterday, I finally got my Mustang Pro Guitar in the mail, and MAN is it fun.
Having never played guitar before, I knew I was in for a challenge. I started with the trainer, and started to get the hang of some of the stuff, so I tried the warmup songs on easy. I sucked at first, but after a bit, I started to get the hang of plucking the right note on the right string. By the end of the set of songs, I felt pretty confident in myself, so I tried moving up to medium. I started playing Yoshimi (a song I’ve always loved), and immediately, I was subjected to chords I couldn’t figure out moving too fast to play. Back to step one I go.
Anyway, I eventually thought that I’d try my hand at medium again, but this time with The Killing Moon (since it seemed to me that it was mostly single notes and the chords that were in it didn’t change too fast). Lo and behold, by the end of the night I could get 80%! This was after spending a long time in the trainer and in practice mode.
Does anyone here remember the first time they tried Pro Guitar? How naturally did it come to you? Did you have any prior guitar-playing experience? What songs did you first play in the higher difficulties? Do you have any advice or tips for someone who’s just started?
To make chords muuuuuuch easier to read, activate the Chord Numbering game modifier, it helps a lot.
I used to make some noise in high school but was never really even good enough to be called a bad guitarist. I’m 51 now so it’s been a while…
I went with the White Stripes and the Ramones songs at higher difficulties first. The White Stripes song, I thought, was the perfect song for “easiest” in the whole RB3 setlist. You have to finger the chord, but then you just sweep the strings one at a time. And the chord progression was pretty easy. The Ramones song is fast, but it’s just the easy power chord moved around. I think it’s one finger on Easy, two-finger on Medium, and three finger on Hard so it’s pretty dang do-able. And it totally sounds like the song in two-finger mode if you play through an amp.
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” /> The difficulty ramp going to expert is stamina in your strumming arm if you play authentic-style with all stabbing down strokes.The RB3 Squier was the first guitar I ever picked up. I was so excited to finally play real guitar. The first thing I did was play through as many of the ‘learn an instrument’ trainers as possible before I played my first song on easy. The song I played was “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll”. It meant a lot to me because that was also the first song I ever played in GH1 when that game was new.
I just kept playing songs on pro guitar as much as I could. Playing on pro bass doesn’t hurt either. In addition to playing guitar in-game, I played it outside of it by watching several tutorial videos on YouTube and learning different techniques that aren’t covered so well in the game.
Do you guys get combo breakers on the Mustang due to the strings being kind of over-sensitive? Maybe I’m a lazy guitarist, but I like to rest my pick on a string during lulls in the action, and that seems to break combo.
Do you guys get combo breakers on the Mustang due to the strings being kind of over-sensitive? Maybe I’m a lazy guitarist, but I like to rest my pick on a string during lulls in the action, and that seems to break combo.There’s a mod you can do. It’s been so long since I did it that I don’t remember the exact steps, but I had the same problem and I fixed it.
That being said, pro guitar is HARD. When the C3 started I told myself since they do pro charts I would try to play again, but I have yet to do so. I might today when I get a chance.
The first time I played was when I tried to do the practice sections to get the basic feel for the guitar… I gave up when I got to one of the more difficult parts and found out that the actual songs with pro guitar in them can be easier than some of the tutorial sections, which blew my mind.
That said, I admittedly have yet to even get through most pro supported songs on any difficulty above medium without going red for most of the song, even after long periods of practice. The exceptions being Smoke on the Water and Separate Ways.
Ok, so yeah, I started playing guitar for the very first time when I bought the RB squire. Here is what I learned:
Take that Mustang to the shop for a pro setup from a tech. They were AWFUL out of the box.
Next, learn how to adjust the POTS (google for the squire setup guide) so that the sensitivity for the game is appropriate.
After that, get a headphone amp and earbuds so you hear what YOU are playing. This will help you understand what you are doing well and what sounds like crap.
Lastly, Learn to play most songs on MEDIUM (power chords) first. Then sort by difficulty and go to the warm up songs. Try to play them all on hard over and over again. Eventually something will “click” and you’ll enjoy playing warmup on Expert more than hard songs on med or even hard.
After your really can do the chords, THEN worry about the solos. In order to do solos, you need to be able to sight read, know where your root and scales are, and be able to keep up. so very hard, it will kill your morale if you focus on the solos.
Take that Mustang to the shop for a pro setup from a tech. They were AWFUL out of the box.I don’t know what you mean? I know some people had sensitivity problems, though I never experienced any, so I think I’m good.
After that, get a headphone amp and earbuds so you hear what YOU are playing. This will help you understand what you are doing well and what sounds like crap.Although this is an ongoing problem, I don’t see what I can do to fix this, since, to my understanding, the mustang only has midi output.
I know I could probably hook it up to my computer and all that, but it’s still a hassle for real-time stuff… there’re lots of guitars at home already, so if you were implying that I listen to myself afterwards, then I already have a means of doing so.
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_wink.gif” />Thank you for the tips on difficulty and solos
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />Ok, so yeah, I started playing guitar for the very first time when I bought the RB squier. Here is what I learned:Take that Mustang to the shop for a pro setup from a tech. They were AWFUL out of the box.
Columbo got all confused again.
Mustang == 102 clicky buttons
Squier == real guitar with MIDI guts
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