I’ve been wanting a Guitar Hero for real guitar. Good selection of songs–even if they’re not normally stuff that I would listen to–along with the admittedly addictive gameplay.

I’ve been playing for about ten years, can play Metallica, Hendrix, Sepultura, you name it. So yeah, if it’s just “The Little Mermaid”, or even public domain how-to staples like When the Saints… then that’s tantamount to shooting themselves in the foot. Guitar Hero has an easy mode using the same songs as expert. You could teach somebody to play the roots with quarter+half+whole notes on Spoonman just as well as accomodating those of us with experience.

So I’m cautious about my enthusiasm for this, but I’m hoping they’ll deliver something worth playing. Otherwise I’ll just stick with my normal routine of Guitar Pro tabs and the album.

Not going to see any music other than whats on products Disney push’s out unless people figure out how to mod it and add their own songs. the official song selection will mostly be a result of product placement and advertising. The chance of anything else being on there is slim to none simply based off how Disney works.

So people shouldn’t learn to play guitar by playing music you don’t like? That doesn’t make sense. The point of the product is that, unlike GH, you can learn to play without the game.

Like I said above, there’s no reason to think there won’t be a lot of non-Disney songs to choose from, and even if a person learns to play Disney songs, they’re certainly not limited to those songs, once they learn how to make different chords.

I really don’t understand your opposition to this product.

There are a lot of concerns that I have about what this game is offering (like the fact that I play with heavier gauge than they’re probably prepared to offer), but at least 1) It’s for the PC, and 2) It’s being kept within budget.

I think you’re inferring something that’s not there. No one said there’s anything wrong with GH. He’s stating facts (it’s a more musical experience, and you can utilize it when you’re not playing) and trying to sell those facts. If there wasn’t a market for people (like me) who have been hoping for something like this precisely because of those facts, he wouldn’t being trying to sell it.

And as for Disney Star Guitarist, it looks like it still isn’t teaching you how to read sheet music nor learn chords. Having to play in front a computer is utterly limiting, and perhaps worst of all, it appears the songs are culled from Disney shows (demo is from High School Musical 3).

I think you’re wrong on all three points, here. From what I saw on the video, it seems pretty clear that the game requires the player to learn chords.

Obviously you can take what you learn on the game and apply in on a real guitar (that’s what makes it so different than GH), which doesn’t need to be played in front of the computer.

And, as Misha points out, there’s every reason to think that, by the time it’s released, there will be a larger variety of songs to choose from, and that more will continue to be created.

If you want to learn to play guitar, buy a guitar and get yourself some lessons. If you want to rock out on a videogame, stick with Guitar Hero.

Why not do both? There’s nothing wrong with loving GH as much as you obviously do, it’s really cool. But why discourage people from experiencing something potentially creative and positive and fun, just because it doesn’t look like something you’d enjoy?

learn how to name every note on your guitar. (”big cat eats fish” is your friend there) then start learning chords. banging on the same old songs is why you are frustrated you need more familiarity 1st. this game will basically be just learning to play tabs you are shown with no understanding of your instrument.