GHWT Drums vs Real Drums

**tjalle89** · Joined: 13 Oct 2008 Posts: 7

Anyone who can tell if it would help at all if you are awesome at drums before you play the game, or if it doesn't matter at all like the guitar/bass part in GH?
I think the drums seem a little more realistic and i guess a few of the tecniques is the same for real as the plastic shit. Ofcourse there's alot more to keep track on in real drums, but still, can real life skills with drums be any advantage on the plastic?

**HoorayItsMike** · Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 1604 Location: Ohio

Definitely. Drum rolls, stamina, and quick bass pedal techniques come to mind first. Along with any other drumming technique you've learned throughout your life. However, this game is 50% mental. So you may physically be able to do most things in the game, but that doesn't mean your mind can tell your limbs what to do at the right times. The mental part just comes in time, though.
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**ABee1010** · Joined: 18 Nov 2008 Posts: 133

I have been playing drums for 10 years. It definatelly directly leads to skill in the game just like playing real guitar does. There is an adjustment period of a week or 2 to program your brain to think of your drum pieces as colors. After that, I was quickly able to do everything I can do in real life in the game. Now I am able to use the game to work through the remainder of the techniques and patterns that I still struggle with in real life...

**TheDom** · Joined: 10 Sep 2008 Posts: 17

Like the guys above said, give your brain a while to work everything out and you'll see a lot of similarities with real life and you should start off pretty good.

**tjalle89** · Joined: 13 Oct 2008 Posts: 7

**ABee1010** · Joined: 18 Nov 2008 Posts: 133

Right. Your point actually reinforces mine. Because playing GH is so much easier than real guitar, it is easier to pick up GH if you have experience playing a real guitar. I can assure you that is true. I was not trying to say that playing GH will teach you how to play guitar by any strech of the imagination...

**joekickass1234** · Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Posts: 1436 Location: Cherry Hill NJ

**Nazza** · Joined: 17 Jan 2008 Posts: 9

Err, what about limb independance? Real drumming teaches you limb independence and it transfers over to the plastic kit.

I used to play the drums shitloads in real life, took a break for a few years and started on gh/rb. I jumped straight into expert. I only wanted to play what was being played on the track, no sub par beats for me.
At first i would play the beat that i was hearing because my brain couldnt cope with the assigning of the colours to drum pads but after a few days of noticing what gem patterns relate to what in real life i was caning it.

Playing drums in real life definitely helps with drumming on gh/rb. Theres so much that transfers over, limb independence being the major factor.
I cant say the same for guitar though. A few of my mates who play/used to play guitar used to really struggle on GH. They just couldnt grasp the controller.[/b]

**Subrick** · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 1382 Location: Terryville, CT