Guitar and Bass Authoring - Revision history

Doa at 04:20, 25 January 2024

2024-01-25T04:20:17Z

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Doa: /* Left Hand Animations */

2023-05-01T17:39:24Z

Left Hand Animations

Doa: /* Left Hand Animations */

2023-05-01T17:38:16Z

Left Hand Animations

Doa: /* Note Consistency */

2021-01-15T02:12:01Z

Note Consistency

Doa: /* Note Consistency */

2021-01-15T02:11:30Z

Note Consistency

Doa: /* Solo Sections */

2020-10-12T21:57:42Z

Solo Sections

Doa: /* Easy */

2020-10-12T21:04:36Z

Easy

Doa: /* Easy */

2020-10-12T21:04:16Z

Easy

Doa: /* Medium */

2020-10-12T20:42:14Z

Medium

Doa: /* Hard Tips and Tricks */

2020-10-12T20:29:44Z

Hard Tips and Tricks

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 == Left Hand Animations ==
-MIDI Notes E1 to B2 determines where the guitarists left hand will be on the neck of the guitar (E1 being the bottom of the neck by the nut, B2 being the top of the neck near the body). <span style="color: blue">Each MIDI note does not correspond directly to one fret. Because guitar sizes and character hand sizes can differ dramatically, you can't guarantee exact hand placement, and most character/guitar combinations won't let you go above fret 12. C3 author '''Orange Harrison''' made the following visual guide to the in-game guitar neck Figure 50] and figured out which fret corresponds very roughly to each MIDI note:</span>
+MIDI Notes E1 to B2 determines where the guitarists left hand will be on the neck of the guitar (E1 being the bottom of the neck by the nut, B2 being the top of the neck near the body). <span style="color: blue">Each MIDI note does not correspond directly to one fret. Because guitar sizes and character hand sizes can differ dramatically, you can't guarantee exact hand placement, and most character/guitar combinations won't let you go above fret 12. C3 author '''Orange Harrison''' made the following visual guide to the in-game guitar neck (Figure 50) and figured out which fret corresponds very roughly to each MIDI note:</span>
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 == Left Hand Animations ==
-MIDI Notes E1 to B2 determines where the guitarists left hand will be on the neck of the guitar (E1 being the bottom of the neck by the nut, B2 being the top of the neck near the body). <span style="color: blue">Each MIDI note does not correspond directly to one fret. Because guitar sizes and character hand sizes can differ dramatically, you can't guarantee exact hand placement, and most character/guitar combinations won't let you go above fret 12. C3 author '''Orange Harrison''' made the following [http://i.imgur.com/fRg6Vo9.png visual guide to the in-game guitar neck] and figured out which fret corresponds very roughly to each MIDI note:</span>
+MIDI Notes E1 to B2 determines where the guitarists left hand will be on the neck of the guitar (E1 being the bottom of the neck by the nut, B2 being the top of the neck near the body). <span style="color: blue">Each MIDI note does not correspond directly to one fret. Because guitar sizes and character hand sizes can differ dramatically, you can't guarantee exact hand placement, and most character/guitar combinations won't let you go above fret 12. C3 author '''Orange Harrison''' made the following visual guide to the in-game guitar neck Figure 50] and figured out which fret corresponds very roughly to each MIDI note:</span>
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 ===Note Consistency===
-When possible, keep the same gems representing the same notes (e.g.  if you use a Red gem to represent an E note, continue to use red gems to represent the same E throughout the song), and with phrases that repeat throughout a song (e.g. the main riff in 'Here Comes Your Man' by the Pixies (<span style="color: blue">Figures 1 and 2</span>)).
+When possible, keep the same gems representing the same notes (e.g.  if you use a Red gem to represent an E note, continue to use red gems to represent the same E throughout the song), and with phrases that repeat throughout a song (e.g. the main riff in "Here Comes Your Man" by the Pixies (<span style="color: blue">Figures 1 and 2</span>)).
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 ===Note Consistency===
-When possible, keep the same gems representing the same notes (e.g.  if you use a Red gem to represent an E note, continue to use red gems to represent the same E throughout the song), and with phrases that repeat throughout a song (e.g. the main riff in Here Comes Your Man by the Pixies (<span style="color: blue">Figures 1 and 2</span>)).
+When possible, keep the same gems representing the same notes (e.g.  if you use a Red gem to represent an E note, continue to use red gems to represent the same E throughout the song), and with phrases that repeat throughout a song (e.g. the main riff in 'Here Comes Your Man' by the Pixies (<span style="color: blue">Figures 1 and 2</span>)).
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 == Solo Sections ==
-MIDI note 103 (G6) marks solo sections (guitar only).
+MIDI note 103 (G6) marks solo sections <s>(guitar only)</s> (Figure 49).
 <span style="color: blue">C3 note: As of RB3, solo markers are usable on Bass, Drums and Keys as well as Guitar.</span>
 Guitar solos should be dictated by the music, which can be a gray area.  Try to avoid putting solo markers on little guitar fills and repeated lead lines, and use it only when there is an obvious solo.

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 *Easy Gems are MIDI notes 60 (C3) to 62 (D3)
-*Easy should be really easy.  No player will complain that easy is too easy, they’ll just move up to medium, so make it EASY!  The easy player should be able to look at the track, see the note, look at their guitar neck, move their finger to the right button, strum, then look back up for the next note.  That’s a lot to do between every note, so make sure you leave a significant amount of space.
+Easy should be really easy.  No player will complain that easy is too easy, they’ll just move up to medium, so make it EASY!  The easy player should be able to look at the track, see the note, look at their guitar neck, move their finger to the right button, strum, then look back up for the next note.  That’s a lot to do between every note, so make sure you leave a significant amount of space.
 On easy, remove all remaining quarter notes when possible. It's good practice to leave half note spaces between strums for easy players.

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 * Medium is probably the hardest difficulty level to author, and yet one of the most important (most casual players start on medium).  The key to medium is retaining as much of the rhythmic and melodic feel of expert and hard but in a way that is much easier to play.
-Removing the remaining 8th notes from Medium is a good way to thin out from Hard.  Try to only have playable notes on strong quarter note beats.
+Removing the remaining 8th notes from Medium is a good way to thin out from Hard.  Try to only have playable notes on strong quarter note beats (Figure 38).
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-Avoid quick 3 or 4 note jumps, such as Green to Blue or Orange, or Red or Orange jumps.
+Avoid quick 3 or 4 note jumps, such as Green to Blue or Orange, or Red or Orange jumps (Figure 39).
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-After removing 16th notes in Hard remember to readjust your wrapping.  If there was a descending line of 16th notes that was authored as O-B-Y, B-Y-R, Y-R-G, B-Y-R, Y-R-G and you remove every other 16th, you would be left with O-Y, Y-Y, G-Y, Y-G on 8th notes.  In the interest of preserving motion, you would want to change that line to O-B-Y-R, B-Y-R-G.  As you reduce difficulties, the extra space in time will allow for more linear motion (Figures 37 and 38).
+After removing 16th notes in Hard remember to readjust your wrapping.  If there was a descending line of 16th notes that was authored as O-B-Y, B-Y-R, Y-R-G, B-Y-R, Y-R-G and you remove every other 16th, you would be left with O-Y, Y-Y, G-Y, Y-G on 8th notes (Figure 37).  In the interest of preserving motion, you would want to change that line to O-B-Y-R, B-Y-R-G (Figure 38).  As you reduce difficulties, the extra space in time will allow for more linear motion.
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