GH II - Advice from a true guitar player about finger cramps(excersise tip!)

Ok, I got my guitar hero package before work yesterday... I anticipated getting home playing it ALL DAY. But as I thought about it, that probably isn't a good idea..

 I've been reading about some of you saying your hand hurts after a long session. I've played acoustic guitar(blues, jazz, swing, and real technical playing)for 8 years and thought I should pass on advice I learned. First off, all those buttons you are pushing help the "muscle memory" in your fingers workout. If you are playing on hard level and getting so into that game that you feel a sharp pain after jamming, then PLEASE take a break. I can't stress this enough. I've known REAL guitar players who got tendenitis cause they don't know when to stop practising, and these were REALLY GOOD players. The controller teaches you finger patterns like a real guitar. You learn to move down the buttosn and then back up, play in the middle, play in the outside, but not up and down.

I started on easy and got 4-5 stars on every song and beat easy mode in three hours. I didn't realize 'til right after that my hand was cramping. When you play the pain is gone cause it warms the muscles up, but once you relax that pain comes back. So theres two way to stop this: Either you take a break everyone hour or hour and a half, or you play with a friend and trade turns to let your muscles relax. I can't stress that enough. I wrote this because I think the guitar hero genre could live on for a long time... STRUM ON, BROTHAS AND SISTAS!!! Wah-wah-waaaow-WHAMMY!!! wah-wah-wah!

I've never had cramps... but I also play guitar.Nick-42

[QUOTE="Nick-42"]I've never had cramps... but I also play guitar.lombado

[QUOTE="lombado"][QUOTE="Nick-42"]I've never had cramps... but I also play guitar.Nick-42

the man has a point

[QUOTE="Nick-42"]I've never had cramps... but I also play guitar.lombado

[QUOTE="lombado"][QUOTE="Nick-42"]I've never had cramps... but I also play guitar.o_sausage

I've played guitar for five years now and I still love to play Guitar Hero. Me and my friends use more as a party game than anything though. We get together and play it for hours just to see whos better.

Mmm well yh that's inderstandable,if you do anything too much it's not going to be good for you.

For example if i'm on my pc for say 5+ hrs then my hands can start to hurt,but it only happens if i'm playing audition online (ddr on the keyboard) for say 3 hrs straight.

I'm getting the game tomorrow and i'll be playing it all day but i'm hoping my hands don't cack out after say 2 hrs play lol 

[QUOTE="lombado"][QUOTE="Nick-42"]I've never had cramps... but I also play guitar.o_sausage

[QUOTE="Nick-42"][QUOTE="lombado"][QUOTE="Nick-42"]I've never had cramps... but I also play guitar.petrnorth18

the man has a point

[QUOTE="petrnorth18"]

[QUOTE="Nick-42"][QUOTE="lombado"][QUOTE="Nick-42"]I've never had cramps... but I also play guitar.lombado

the man has a point

[QUOTE="lombado"][QUOTE="petrnorth18"]

[QUOTE="Nick-42"][QUOTE="lombado"][QUOTE="Nick-42"]I've never had cramps... but I also play guitar.The_Fell_One

the man has a point

[QUOTE="JRM42099"]lomb your gay mostly because of you cocky ass subject name.
so true guitar player you, now that everybody knows you play guitar and how great you are
you deserve a cookie
congratslombado

[QUOTE="JRM42099"][QUOTE="lombado"][QUOTE="JRM42099"]lomb your gay mostly because of you cocky ass subject name.
so true guitar player you, now that everybody knows you play guitar and how great you are
you deserve a cookie
congratslombado

An a true guitar player would get his ass out of his computer chair and go play guitar, rather than argue on the interenet.

[QUOTE="petrnorth18"]

[QUOTE="Nick-42"][QUOTE="lombado"][QUOTE="Nick-42"]I've never had cramps... but I also play guitar.lombado

the man has a point

NO GUNNER! I picked up GH 2 and practiced for a little while, started to play on expert and once I was comfortable, I went and bought a real guitar. 3 hours later, and a couple broken strings, I can play eruption without stopping. They're almost the exact same thing !!!!!X_BOX_ROXS89

You don't break guitar strings that easily when you're a beginner unless you're just pulling the strings. How do 5 buttons horizontally positioned compare with 6 strings positioned vertically, over 21 frets. If you've noticed, the neck of a guitar is 2 times as long as its plastic counterpart from Guitar Hero. This is just so funny, it deserves to go into my sig.

remember, arguing on the internet is like competing in the special olympics... even if u win, you're still retarted,,,mumotuma_man

good advice, although sometimes it is hard to put down since the game is so damn addicting.raymond187

lol agree'd

Ok, I got my guitar hero package before work yesterday... I anticipated getting home playing it ALL DAY. But as I thought about it, that probably isn't a good idea..

 I've been reading about some of you saying your hand hurts after a long session. I've played acoustic guitar(blues, jazz, swing, and real technical playing)for 8 years and thought I should pass on advice I learned. First off, all those buttons you are pushing help the "muscle memory" in your fingers workout. If you are playing on hard level and getting so into that game that you feel a sharp pain after jamming, then PLEASE take a break. I can't stress this enough. I've known REAL guitar players who got tendenitis cause they don't know when to stop practising, and these were REALLY GOOD players. The controller teaches you finger patterns like a real guitar. You learn to move down the buttosn and then back up, play in the middle, play in the outside, but not up and down.

I started on easy and got 4-5 stars on every song and beat easy mode in three hours. I didn't realize 'til right after that my hand was cramping. When you play the pain is gone cause it warms the muscles up, but once you relax that pain comes back. So theres two way to stop this: Either you take a break everyone hour or hour and a half, or you play with a friend and trade turns to let your muscles relax. I can't stress that enough. I wrote this because I think the guitar hero genre could live on for a long time... STRUM ON, BROTHAS AND SISTAS!!! Wah-wah-waaaow-WHAMMY!!! wah-wah-wah!

lombado

[QUOTE="lombado"][QUOTE="petrnorth18"]

[QUOTE="Nick-42"][QUOTE="lombado"][QUOTE="Nick-42"]I've never had cramps... but I also play guitar.death1505921

the man has a point

I don't why he became so defensive and insulted me. I wasen't putting him down, I was just saying that I agree, but that I didn't have cramps because I have been playing guitar for a while.