Why is Guitar Hero more difficult than real guitar?

Question

I personally think it's that real guitar makes sense (you can play any melody on the real guitar and know what you're doing), but the game guitar doesn't - the game tells you what to do, which doesn't make sense.

What do you guys think?

Answer 1

In guitar hero it goes really fast which makes it so hard.

Answer 2

If your real guitar was out of tune every time you picked it up and had to discover where the newly placed out of tune notes are, it would be just as difficult as guitar hero.  in guitar hero a color red, yellow, green, blue, may represent one sound on one song, but a totally different sound on another song.  If the colors represented the same sound on every song it would be more like a real guitar.  By the way, guitar hero is easier to learn, but a real guitar is more difficult to master.  Try picking up some classical or even hard rock music sheets and learning to sight read the notes, practice rhythm, syncopation, learning to "hear" the notes, learning different tempos, and learning to play along with someone else.  Its far from easy.  I have a high degree of respect and awe for those who have learned to play an instrument well.  They have true talent.

Answer 3

Guitar Hero doesnt allow for any free style or improvising...which is what most guitar playing is. The game wants you to push the button when they say to push it and only for as long. real guitar allows more freedom, more creativity and "feeling" instead of hitting buttons in a certain sequence...which is really boring after about two minutes...i could probably write my own song in the time it takes to get 100% on the game.....

Answer 4

I don't think its necessarily more difficult.  I think its just a different kind of difficulty. With an actual guitar you have to worry about dynamis and how you strum and making sure you have your fingers down right and that you strum the right strings.

However in games like Guitar Hero or Rock Band its all based on the speed of your left fingers.

Answer 5

Let's not be stupid. Let's look at this.

Guitars have tabs, which are essentially note charts, like on Guitar Hero. Sure, Guitar Hero tells you what to play, and you  can't go out of it, which makes it seem hard.

However, logically:

Guitar Hero:

5 frets

Guitars:

20-24 frets.

Already harder. However, multiply that by

6 strings.

Logically, 120 to 144 is definitely greater than 5.

It's not harder than real guitar. Try playing Dragonforce on 1 string and 5 frets on a real guitar.

Answer 6

Because it's just another form of video game that has nothing to do with making music.

Answer 7

The game is sad, I don't see why people would invest more time into a game playing a guitar instead of the real thing.  You would get more out of the actual instrument then a controller.

Answer 8

alright, check it out. i am an expert guitarist and i am pretty good at guitar hero as well. playing the real guitar helps with your timing and coordination on guitar hero but is completely different. the real guitar is 100 times harder than guitar hero. the only difference is that you are just pushing the buttons that the game tells you to, instead of memorizing the notes. if there was a game that had a real guitar that you plug into the system, then it told you which fret to play, when to bend and slide, etc... it would be rediculously hard.

guitar hero would be easy if you memorized every button before hand. trust me, guitar hero is not as hard as real guitar unless you are playing the easiest song ever for the guitar.

Answer 9

its not

Answer 10

Sorry, there is no comparison.  One is a video game, the other is a musical instrument.  A person who plays guitar can play both.  Someone who doesn't know how to play guitar can only play guitar hero.