I've never had a problem playing a song simply because my fingers weren't strong enough. You don't have to be Superman to press down a thin metal string a few millimeters. If the action is ridiculous, then that's another story, but like I said in the previous post, decent strings and low action can go a long way towards solving any problems you may have. Typically it's just a case of breaking out a screwdriver or an Allen wrench.

I never said you would be worse-off by playing the games; you're completely exaggerating what I was claiming. They simply don't help as much as what the author is saying. The fundamentals of music stretch far beyond learning simple techniques on playing a small number of fake plastic instruments. Like actually understanding musical theory.

All in all, you just proved you didn't in fact read his comment properly.

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They just mash buttons to the visual cues not the audible ones. This teaches nothing as far as actual music goes.

Yes, that's definitely agreeing with the author. You're just a brilliant mind hiding in a moron's body, aren't ya?

First off that wasn't my ego, I was just allowing for background so people new I just wasn't blowing steam. Many people like yourself like to tear others down and say they don't know what they are talking about. By providing my background in music I can at least prove that I do know what I am talking about.

In response about second paragraph, I was simply stating that yes, while the game does tailor to rhythm it is in no way needed to play the game, I never said my friends suck at the game many of them are actually very good, yet still use nothing but visual cues. The visual cues that a majority of people use to play the game do not teach anything useful.

The author states that playing RB/GH strengthens your fingers and wrist. Never once have I seen someone have trouble playing a guitar because of their finger/wrist strength. Many do have a problem with individual finger control, which I did state the game may help with.

Next point. I have seen cymbal kits. However all these do are emulate the other pads, they don't add new notes or complexity to the game. I have never seen a hi-hat pedal, probably because the games don't support the option. I think you may be confusing this pedal with a double bass pedal. A hi-hat pedal opens and closes to cymbals to change their tone and resonance, a double bass pedal allows you to use both feet to play your bass drum. I think I have seen one double bass pedal before, but they are not needed because none of the notes in the game are written to need a double bass pedal because many don't have them.

In your next argument the fact that you mixed up what "Pitch" and "Octave" mean simply amuses me and shows me that you know nearly nothing about musical composition. So I will give you a little lesson. A "Pitch" is a frequency in Hertz, this is what you sing or play on an instrument it is a Pitch, not an octave. Normally the A above middle C is tuned to 440Hz for reference. An "octave" simply refers to the how high or low this pitch is compared to what is normally played. It is called an "octave" because a typical scale has 7 pitches, to get the same sounding pitch at a higher frequency you must go up 8 pitches. This is the difference between a middle A, and a high A (440Hz, and 880Hz respectively). What I was stating is in RB/GH it doesn't matter what A you sing as long as it is an A, I could sing Low, Middle, High, or any other A I feel and it would display this as correct. If you would like to test this turn on your game and start singing, move it so the arrow is near the top of the staff, then gradually go higher, once the arrow hits the top and then goes past, it shows up at the bottom which now means you are in a higher octave.

In the end thevokillist you really just showed that while you may be a vocalist, that does not mean you understand music, or what I may have said in my first post. Also I wasn't being like I said earlier in my first post I wasn't being egotistical, now I feel like being just a little bit egotistical, so just fyi I compete in the WGI circuit, which is an indoor percussion and also an indoor color guard circuit, and the drumline I am in is ranked 13th in the world, within our division. Trust me I know what I am talking about.