If you’re like I am then you probably don’t spend much time playing video games. Personally, I’m not into them at all. In my view they are a waste of time. So why am I writing about this video game? Because in my view The Beatles Rock Band is more than just a game, it’s a real interactive musical learning tool.
I am not talking about the guitar part of the game. I actually think the guitar part of Rock Band is really lame because it has next to nothing to do with playing a real guitar and very little to do with the music. It has nothing to do with guitar playing because playing real six string is about one million times harder than just pressing a few buttons and it has little to do with the music because I’ve noticed that the changes in the game rarely change in time with any musical changes in the songs.
The drumming and the singing parts of the game are what I find really interesting and important. Both of these aspects are directly related to really doing these things “in real life” and the relationship to the music is also far more direct.
If you sing a song in tune and with the right timing then you’ll do well. No you don’t have to sing the real lyrics (you can simply hum the melody if you want to) but so what? What is important is hitting the right notes at the right time. I think The Beatles Rock Band is actually an excellent to improve your singing abilities. This is even more true with The Beatles Rock Band than with other Rock Band games because it includes harmony singing too.
When you play the drums on the expert level you you have to hit every drum hit that is in the real song! No, it’s not just like playing a real drum set, but it’s close enough to be pretty effective practice. In fact, I’ve heard of people moving quite smoothly from playing Rock Band drums into playing real drums.
I highly recommend The Beatles Rock Band an excellent pick-up for any big Beatles fan along with (obviously) The Beatles Stereo Box Set and The Beatles Mono Box Set.
Harold Kenneth Quesenberry suggests reading This Music Blog if you are a fan of The Beatles as it’s got a lot of Beatles related posts.
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