While landing a complicated streak on guitar is satisfying, it can't quite compare to pounding out a perfect rhythm on the drums. You not only see your success on the screen, but also hear it directly on the instrument, right in front of you in the physical world.
This is what makes players feel like real rock stars -- not pressing buttons on the neck of a stringless, silent guitar or screeching into a microphone, but banging out a solid, consistent rhythm on a living-room drum set.
That's musical magic. Even my drum-averse boyfriend agrees on this front. As he puts it, "It's fun to hit things. However, that satisfying smacking sound comes with one potential downside.
We recently moved into a condo that shares a hallway with seven other units, containing everything from young families to retirees who seem to constantly have delicious food in the oven, and I'm a tad paranoid about the sounds that escape our door. I don't want to be the noisy neighbor or the reason someone's daughter can't get to sleep on a school night.
I'm acutely aware of every single tap that my sticks make on the hard rubber drumheads. So far, we haven't received any complaints fingers crossed. Either way, my sense of fun always wins out: I'm aware and I'm paranoid of the noise, but I'm not going to stop playing.
I'm a rock star, damn it. Let's be clear here: I'm not saying that the drums are the best part of Rock Band 4. They're simply the best instrument. The best part of Rock Band 4 is hanging out with a bunch of friends as they embarrass themselves at the helm of toy instruments. This is to be expected when you buy a keyboard or electronic drum, however, I have to confess I was pretty annoyed by the plastic drum pads and also unstable kick pedal. The scrolling note chart does look good, however, it is hard to identify complex rhythmic patterns.
Something about the Rock Band note chart does not cut it if we want to learn to read music. Rock band is famous for its "scrolling dots" approach. This makes sure that you are in the game and constantly on your toes.
Like you would be in a boss fight in Tekken or jumping over hot lava in Super Mario Bros. However, reading music is not necessarily like this. It is true that sight-reading music requires a lot of concentration and reaction time especially if you are playing a big band or jazz gigs.
However most of the time you are only reading changes , not individual notes. This means you are keeping track of where you are and accenting various hits , as opposed to reading all the movements of your hands like rock band. My point is this: if you show up to a big band or one more ensemble having only played Rock Band, you will wind up looking quite silly.
There are many approaches for practicing counting rhythms while practicing an instrument. This is one area where Rock Band succeeds. Rock Band is like having fun with a metronome. Rock band is in this sense a great tool for learning how to play to a "click-track", which is a very useful tool.
The game does incentivize one to sit down for hours and play the exact same rhythms over and over. This is percussionist's equivalent of practicing scales.
The good thing is that the arrangements it provides you are pretty representative of some standard rock beats. Learn more. Can you learn how to drum with the game Rockband 3 and e-drums? Ask Question. Asked 8 years, 1 month ago.
Active 6 years, 10 months ago. Viewed 20k times. Two questions: Do I learn "real" drumming or is a different skill? Could this perhaps even be detrimental for learning real drumming e.
The game features primarily rock songs. In the long run I'd probably like to play in big bands or brass bands swing, jazz, Are the fundamentals of drumming the same for all genres?
Improve this question. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. For this reason, it omits some things that are a big part of playing drums in an ensemble: Volume. Improve this answer. Dan Hulme Dan Hulme 1, 12 12 silver badges 31 31 bronze badges.
As you say: by all means, PLAY rock band. But don't try to use it as a learning tool. There are plenty videos on youtube about bands trying to play their own songs in Rock Band and failing miserably Rush comes to mind, trying to play Tom Sawyer. But no, trying to learn to play a real drum set other than just trying to hold the sticks correctly with Rock Band is like trying to learn to shred on an electric guitar by playing Guitar Hero.
I think the difference between these two "games" is whether or not you know what you are hitting --not just "oh okay green here and red here", but "hihat doing this" and "bass drum here", "switch to ride cymbal", "tom-toms! Stuff like that. What you learn in Rock Band is close to real drumming, but there are limitations.
To the game, you either hit the drum on time, or you don't. It has no concept of dynamics or tone. So you could learn to play a part such that Rock Band would give you a perfect score, but it would sound awful. Rock Band doesn't teach you technique.
It's happy to give you a good score for getting the hits in at the right time, but you could be getting those hits using methods that will do your future playing no favours.
Use other learning methods - a teacher, videos, books, etc. Laurie Laurie 21 1 1 bronze badge. Don't see why this comment was downvoted. I don't think that playing Rock Band is the greatest way to learn how to play drums, but I do think it can teach the fundamentals and prove as a friendly introduction to drumming. My brother learned to play drums by playing Rock Band, then purchased an acoustic set and used his Rock Band 'lessons' as his starting point.
Sure, you don't get dynamics and whatnot, but the OP did not ask if Rock Band would teach someone to be an expert drummer It can teach 'real' drumming. The 'real' part being a little subjective. Laurie's answer is a valid answer Dave Engineer Dave Engineer 1, 8 8 silver badges 11 11 bronze badges.
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