The first replaces the five fret buttons on the standard controller with a matrix of buttons laid out to give you one button per string pre fret, and
the strum bar with six short strings.
Also, the Wii - mote is set slightly in, so there's little risk of hitting the Wii - mote buttons while furiously hitting
the strum bar.
A glowing orb will float in the lane you originally fired the shot and you have to catch it and
strum the bar on the guitar controller at the right moment.
You still press the fret buttons and
strum bar in time to the circles.
Though the controller is customizable, I loved using my Rock Band 4 guitar instead because using
the strum bar to switch players felt intuitive and it was easy to use the first four frets to hit each note.
Madcatz's Fender Precision Bass Replica has a split
strum bar.
Not exact matches
As I lounged on my bed and
strummed my Baby Taylor guitar in the dorm room, «Alaska» Peter came in to invite me out with «a few people» who were going to a karaoke
bar.
He used a steel
bar, raised strings and
strumming techniques to create his unique brand of music.
With the guitar controller, the colored fret buttons move the ship to the corresponding space lane,
strum un-fires your lasers, the whammy
bar activates the Retro / Rocket, which is they undo thing, and tilting the guitar activates a score multiplier.
Located at the top of the fret, the new control method is laid out in two rows of 3, whilst a
strum paddle remains at the bottom alongside a whammy
bar.
To begin with, the new wireless guitar peripheral introduces a slider
bar halfway down the neck, which performs a similar function to the Rock Band guitar's solo buttons, allowing players to tap without
strumming for certain note sequences.
You'll be chugging the
strum controls, running your fingers up and down the colored fret keys, and hammering the whammy
bar like an unholy rock demon while shredding to some truly epic tracks.