- 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 World Tour setlist
The setlist was conformed by [[Activision]] on Friday 12th September. It consists of 86 tracks.
[[Korn]] - “[[Freak On A Leash]]”
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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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- 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 ...
One of the most noticeable additions is the use of the orange fret button. While the learning curve was less steep in [[Guitar Hero]], the ...
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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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- Tremolo arm
... such as [[Joe Satriani]] and [[Steve Vai]], and metal guitarists ranging from [[Brian May]] to thrashers like [[Kirk Hammett]] used the whammy bar in ...
... ous 1958 Gibson [[Flying V]]. The term "whammy bar" is believed to derive from Mack's 1963 instrumental hit, "Wham!", in which Mack made liberal use of ...
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- Fender Stratocaster
... >]</ref>: Black, 3-Color Sunburst, Olympic White, Blizzard Pearl, Charcoal Frost Metallic, Candy Cola (alder), Sienna Sunburst (ash)
... of [[electric guitar]] designed by [[Leo Fender]], George Fullerton and [[Freddie Tavares]] in 1954, and manufactured continuously to the present. It i ...
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- Hammer-on
... e hands only has to be achieved at certain points. Multiple hammer-ons and pull-offs together are sometimes also referred to colloquially as "rolls,"{{Fact|da ...
A rapid series of alternating hammer-ons and pull-offs between a single pair of notes is called a [[trill (music)|trill]].
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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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- Bass drum
... ond and fourth beats, called "back beats". In jazz, the bass drum can vary from almost entirely being a timekeeping medium to being a melodic voice in c ...
... the bass drum is much smaller, most commonly 22" or 20" in diameter. Sizes from 16" to 26" in diameter are available , with depths of 14" to 22", 18" or ...
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- Universal Serial Bus
... rum]] (USB-IF), an industry standards body incorporating leading companies from the computer and electronics industries. Notable members have included [ ...
... munication is based on ''pipes'' (logical channels). Pipes are connections from the host controller to a logical entity on the device named an [[endpoin ...
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- Frets on Fire Trivia
| title = Frets on Fire
| image = [[Image:Fretsonfire4.png|200px]]
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- Wal-Mart
... e=factsheet>Biesada, Alex. "[http://www.hoovers.com/wal-mart/--ID__11600--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml Wal-Mart Stores, Inc]." ''[[Hoover's]].'' Retrieved o ...
... chain of [[Five and dime|variety stores]] called [[Ben Franklin Stores|Ben Franklin]] and that offered him one in [[Newport, Arkansas]].<ref name="madei ...
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- USB hub
... inter|printers]]. Separate USB hubs come in a wide variety of form factors from boxes that look similar to a [[network hub]] to small designs intended t ...
... '''bus-powered hub''' is a hub that draws all its [[electric power|power]] from the host computer's USB [[interconnection|interface]]. It does not need ...
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- Viacom
... incorporated in [[1986]], and the current Viacom was spun off (re-founded) from CBS Corporation (which is, formally, the 1986 Viacom renamed) on [[Janua ...
... m. The former Viacom was [[Company renaming|renamed]] [[CBS Corporation]], from which this firm was split off on [[December 31]], [[2005]]. CBS, not Via ...
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- Rock Revolution
... The gameplay is an evolution of ''Rock Revolution'''s ancestors, ''[[GuitarFreaks]]'' and ''[[DrumMania]]'', which went on to inspire contemporary music ...
... se a drumkit for the game, but players will have to use guitar controllers from ''Rock Band'' and ''Guitar Hero'' as a ''Rock Revolution'' guitar contro ...
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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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