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Question: Can games like Guitar Hero teach how to play guitar or does it encourage bad habits!?
My 8 year-old daughter (this week)wants to learn to play guitar!. Her choice has varied between electric/classical/bass!. She loves rock n roll music and most music generally but I'm not sure SHE knows exactly what she wants to learn!. Will playing a video guitar game help learn guitar before we spend money on the real thing or will she pick up bad habits that may retard her learning progress later on!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Guitar Hero is a video game, and the "guitar" that comes with it is just a video game controller!. Playing the game is nothing at all like playing a real musical instrument!.

Comparing Guitar Hero to playing a real guitar is like comparing a flight simulator video game to flying a real airplane because they both use a joystick!.

If she wants to play guitar, get her an acoustic guitar to start with, and some lessons -- regardless of what style of music she eventually wants to play, an acoustic guitar will get her started with the basics!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

awh that's really sweet that she wants to play an instrument at this age :)

i do both -- play guitar and have guitar hero on the wii!.
i think guitar hero will encourage or discourage (her mind will be made up) her to play guitar once she has a feel for what it's all about!.
Guitar hero however is nothing like the real thing - the real thing is far more complex and takes more time!.

I don't see the harm in allowing her to have the game and she certainly won't pick up any bad habits :)

xoWww@QuestionHome@Com

I've played guitar hero for around 3 years before I even touched a real one it helped me get a better sense of timing and helped my fingers stretch easier but it really wont hurt though but at the same time it wont help her learn how to play but if she wants to learn to play a guitar/bass go for the real thing I wish I would have started taking guitar lessons of playing guitar hero that would have been 3 years of playing guitar instead of only around a month and a halfWww@QuestionHome@Com

I don't think so because if she have a bad body position and fingering, it will be very very hard to change to the correct thing, and it will ruin the ears if you listen to the video game first, then you can't hear the notes accuarly when you are playing a real guitar!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

If she wants to learn real guitar, then get her a real one!. I play guitar hero a lot and also guitar, and the two are very different!. Maybe you could take her to a music store and let her have a feel of the guitars they have there and see what she thinks!. :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Guitar Hero does not teach how to play the guitar!.I have the game!.It might trigger attitude at the most ,but I wouldn't get it for her if i were you!.The songs have cuss words such as s***,b****,and more but yeah I wouldn't get it for her!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Guitar hero is a PLASTIC TOY with an input device that just LOOKS LIKE A GUITAR but is nothing more than a game controler dressed up to look like a real guitar!.

If she wants to learn how to play a guitar!.!. then BUY her a real guitar,Www@QuestionHome@Com

guitar hero isnt censored music!. rockband on the other hand is!. if she truely wants to play guitar, you can get a cheap one at walmart!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com