Klarinet Archive - Posting 000193.txt from 2008/01

From: X-CTN-5-MailScanner-jhf@-----.gov
Subj: RE: [kl] Drucker Retirement
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:19:17 -0500

Hi Jenny,

Good point! I entirely agree. In fact, it had occurred to me that if
these games could provide something like musical notation as an
alternative to the silly moving fret dots, they would have some
educational value.

I think the mike idea is a good one. As you know, the Rock Band mike
works something like this.

Cheers,
--Joe

P.S. I hope your daughter doesn't want to give up being a musician to
become a drummer. ;-)

On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 15:57 -0500, Jenny Connors wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> Actually, you are correct about the game not being at all like a guitar (we
> have both in our house too). But I have often wondered about making it so a
> real instrument could be played with the game, maybe by clipping a mike onto
> the bell of an instrument (much like a tuner). If they can build a
> wie-thingy, why not this?
>
> :) Jenny
>
> PS, that darn rock band has caused my clarinet/saxophone/trombone playing
> daughter to now want a real drum set!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph H. Fasel [mailto:jhf@-----.gov]
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 3:50 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: RE: [kl] Drucker Retirement
>
> I don't think so. I have it on good authority (Keith's son Huw, in
> fact) that Guitar Hero, though fun, is nothing like playing the guitar.
> On the other hand, my wife has just acquired Rock Band, which is
> essentially Guitar Hero with the addition of a mike for a singer and
> four drum heads and a foot pedal for a drummer, and it's said that if
> you master the expert level on the "drums", you actually will have
> acquired some percussion skills. Now, what does that say about
> drummers?
>
> Cheers,
> --Joe
>
>
>
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