As SRS and sub2srs are to language learning, Rocksmith is to guitar learning.

Its like rockband only you use a real guitar. It automatically adjusts difficulty during songs to make it easier or harder depending on how you play. It also has the guitar effects proper for each song so when you play it you feel like you are actually in it lol

Its the exact same feeling I got when I first started using SRS to learn Japanese

Have you seen this? So awesome.

http://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2014/07/28/...25740.html

Woah, cool! Is there anything similar out there for piano?

Bokusenou Wrote:Woah, cool! Is there anything similar out there for piano?

I haven't used it, so I can't comment on the quality of it, however Songs2See supports piano.

My only problem with Rocksmith is that the way it displays notes is different to both proper (well, traditional) notation and the Rock Band / Guitar Hero games. It's most similar to tabs, but still changed up. While the vertical scrolling is reminiscent of Rock Band, it's slightly problematic, since the numbers are hard to see early on (of course, this isn't much of a problem, since you can't really get through these without memorizing and practicing anyway).

Not that there's anything wrong with that, just that it has a far larger learning curve than some other forms of notation (and rhythm games). If I could invest the same amount of time to this game as I did to Guitar Hero (enough to go through two controllers), then I'd be a guitar legend.

It is a cool program, but as a guitarist myself I don't think it's particularly better for learning guitar than other ways. The fact is, it will make you really good at certain things and really bad at others. I think it really mimics the 1990s-2000s self-taught approach of 1)look up tabs on the internet 2)start with Nirvana or whatever 3)work your way up to Led Zeppelin or equivalents. Now it's just done DDR style.

The fact is, I WAS one of those 90s kids that did that approach, and I didn't really start getting any good at guitar until ten years after I started. If I went back in time I'd tell myself to really pay attention to sound and quality of notes, to play with a metronome, to take every possible opportunity to play with others, to save up and spend money on a really nice acoustic (even if I stuck with electric most of the time). And, perhaps most importantly, to spend time trying to figure out songs by ear, and to spend time early on writing my own songs. Being a good guitarist is really about being a good musician, and building up your fingers' ability to play like Jimmy Page or whoever will not make you a good guitarist and will not be particularly fulfilling.

Oh, and by the way, by far the best resource for learning guitar these days is good 'ol Justin.
https://www.youtube.com/user/JustinSandercoe
https://www.youtube.com/user/JustinSandercoeSongs

To be as good a teacher is he is with the limitation of doing it over the internet is truly impressive.

sholum Wrote:My only problem with Rocksmith is that the way it displays notes is different to both proper (well, traditional) notation

There is an option to make the strings upside down (ie. high e string at top) like regular guitar tab. I agree though, it would be nice to have the option of where you see a full screen of guitar tablature and just highlight what part to play.