- Rock Band
Reusing many gameplay elements from the [[Guitar Hero|''Guitar Hero'' series]], ''Rock Band'' players use pe ...
... k Band'''s gameplay and on-screen interface uses a combination of elements from ''Guitar Hero'' and ''[[Karaoke Revolution]]''.<ref name="kotaku-gameinf ...
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- Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
... ng to press the fret only when the gem comes down, players can now hit the fret at any time before it's played, as long as they are still holding it whe ...
... hat can be used, two of which break the opponent's guitar, preventing them from playing until they have performed a task to "fix" their guitar, and thre ...
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- Medium
... ence the name). The difficulty uses only the green, red, yellow, and blue fret buttons.
==Differences from Easy and Hard==
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- Hard
... econd hardest difficulty in the Guitar Hero series. While it uses all five fret buttons, its note patterns are not as difficult as [[Expert]], and most ...
... , there are several 16th notes in [[Guitar Hero III]] that would have been Hammer-Ons with Guitar Hero II's game engine, but with their new engine, they are ma ...
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- MTV
... ge of the [[Apollo 11]] moon landing. MTV producers [[Alan Goodman]] and [[Fred Seibert]] used this [[public domain]] footage as a conceit, associating ...
... that included Tom Freston (who succeeded Pittman as CEO of MTV networks), Fred Seibert, John Sykes, Judy McGrath (currently the CEO of MTV Networks), a ...
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- Guitar
... 496X|page=137}}</ref> and [[Latin]] ''cithara'', which in turn was derived from the earlier [[Greek language|Greek]] word ''[[kithara]]'',<ref>''Kithara ...
... manuscript.jpg|thumb|right|Illustration from a [[Carolingian]] [[Psalter]] from the 9th century, showing a guitar-like plucked instrument.]]
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- Lead guitar
... heir solos or riffs. Such "tricks" can employ the picking hand used in the fret area (such as [[tapping]]) and even be augmented and embelished with dev ...
... the lead guitar line often involves melodies (as well as [[power chords]] from the rhythm guitars) with a sustained, singing tone. To create this tone ...
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- Bass guitar
... ist fulfills a similar role in most types of music: anchoring the harmonic framework and laying down the beat. The bass guitar is used in many styles of ...
... instrument easier to hold and transport, and the addition of guitar-style frets enabled bassists to play in tune more easily and made the new electric ...
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- Guitar Hero
... ck music tracks from the 1960s to present, many of which are master tracks from the bands. In total, six games have been released for [[video game conso ...
The series was developed by [[Harmonix Music Systems]] from 2005 to 2007 before development duties of the series were transferred to ...
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- Hammer-on
... tion between the hands only has to be achieved at certain points. Multiple hammer-ons and pull-offs together are sometimes also referred to colloquially as "ro ...
A hammer-on is usually represented in guitar tablature (especially that created by com ...
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- Pull-off
... " the string off the [[fingerboard]] with one of the fingers being used to fret the note.
... ked or bowed again to produce the sound of the second note, the transition from one to the other sounds gentler and less percussive.
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- Frets on Fire Trivia
| title = Frets on Fire
| image = [[Image:Fretsonfire4.png|200px]]
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- VH1
'''VH1''' (known as '''VH-1: Video Hits One''' from 1985 to 1994 and '''VH1: Music First''' until 2003) is an [[United State ...
... ], in hopes of appealing to people aged 18 to 35, and possibly older. Also frequently featured in the network's early years were "videos" for [[Motown R ...
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- Behind the Music
'''''Behind the Music''''' was a [[television series]] on [[VH1]] that ran from 1997 to 2006, and continues to air sporadically with new episodes.
* [[Peter Frampton]]
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- X-Play
... tml?display=Search+Results&text=G4 G4's 'Development' Deal A Further Shift From Games - 7/31/2006 - Multichannel News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
''GameSpot TV'', ''Extended Play'', and ''X-Play'' all originated in [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. Throughout the course of the show's history, it ...
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- Rock and roll
... atch_des_etoiles/extras/danses.shtml Origin of dances at Radio Canada] '''(French)'''</ref>.
... an playing rhythm and blues and country music for a multi-racial audience. Freed is credited with first using the phrase "rock and roll" to describe the ...
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- Rock Band (video game)
Reusing many gameplay elements from the [[Guitar Hero|''Guitar Hero'' series]], ''Rock Band'' players use pe ...
... k Band'''s gameplay and on-screen interface uses a combination of elements from ''Guitar Hero'' and ''[[Karaoke Revolution]]''.<ref name="kotaku-gameinf ...
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- Tapping
... ith the other hand. Hence, tapping usually incorporates [[pull-off]]s or [[hammer-on]]s as well, whereby the fingers of the left hand play a sequence of notes ...
... ach hand approaches the fretboard with the fingers aligned parallel to the frets.
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- Hammer Ons and Pull Offs
... y as normal, you hit the strummer for the first note then finger the other frets, but you do not have to strum all the notes; the notes still "play" as ...
... y due to the fact that notes in a sequence must be "close" together on the fret board; the technique can not be used on notes too far apart. Therefore, ...
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- Guitar Hero III
... ng to press the fret only when the gem comes down, players can now hit the fret at any time before it's played, as long as they are still holding it whe ...
... hat can be used, two of which break the opponent's guitar, preventing them from playing until they have performed a task to "fix" their guitar, and thre ...
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