Trumpet Hero Anyone?

In a very brief comment to Conde Nast Portfolio an Activision spokesman has said that the next generation of Guitar Hero will include some degree of new isntruments and vocals along with the traditional guitar.  This is big news if it is true, but one has to wonder what the "instruments" will be.  Will they be cartoonized versions of legitimate instruments (such as the highly inaccurate guitar currently used with the game) or will they be MIDI capable and realistic versions of mainstream instruments? 

I am not getting my hopes up at this point, but I would love to see the finished product once they roll it out.  I honestly believe that the interactivity of the Guitar Hero and Garage Band games is something that music educators need to seize on and utilize down the road.  SmartMusic is great and all, but even the most die hard student would still practice more with a video game style practice system than with what is available now.  One thing is for certain, technology has already changed the way we teach almost every other subject.  PE classes in my district are already using Dance Dance Revolution in class as a way to get kids to be more active.  It is only a matter of time until it changes music education as well.  Until then, we will have to be satisfied with the wonderful Cello Hero* game from the Berlin Philharmonic  or the new Conductor Hero* from Immersion Music.

*not their actual titles 

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Barbara Freedman   |74.64.16.xxx |2008-04-25 17:54:15 Guitar Hero just might be the jumping point to get kids interested in playing an instrument. To some degree, it trains their ear and develops eye/hand coordination. I would rather they spend the hours the do on Guitar Hero rather than some of the extremely violent video games out there. There's also Fretlight guitars as a bridge to the real thing. You just have to be able to afford it! Check out iBand and wait until June when new iPhone apps come out. In the end, I think kids want as close to the real deal as they can get and we might even be able to get them interested in the real deal. Reply | Quote 2   0

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