The Guitar Hero franchise might be the cause of a recent increase in real guitar lessons. Jay Skyler, a San Francisco guitar teacher, said “In the game, you have four buttons. You have to get them in time, in sequence. So in a sense, even though (you’re) not learning the specific strings, you are building rhythm in a musical context, which is valuable.”
Skyler goes on to say, “Basically, it’s getting more kids into guitar. So if you’re a guitar teacher, or a band, you have to love it. They’ll play with the toy for a while, but after awhile, they’ll want the real thing.”
I have experienced this first hand. One of my roommates is amazing at Guitar Hero. After a while of playing it, my friends (who all play real guitar) convinced him that he would be great at bass because he gained a good sense of rhythm from Guitar Hero. Unfortunately my roommate is a lazy gamer and hasn’t touched his bass since Guitar Hero 3 came out.
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