- Rock Band
... tecnology/ctech_us_videogames_bands_tech_life |title=Virtual battle of the bands rocks on |author=John Gaudiosi |date=2008-10-09 |work=[[Reuters]] |publish ...
... Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game, Band World Tour mode lets bands play in 41 different venues spanning 17 cities, including [[Los Angeles, C ...
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- Rock Band 2
... World Tour" mode, and merchandising opportunities for the players' virtual bands.
... undertake "Tour Challenges", or compete with other bands in "Battle of the Bands."
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- Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades
... or the '00s stage, players play on New Year's Eve in NYC, playing songs by bands like Linkin Park and Jimmy Eat World. All songs in this game are, like [[G ...
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- Guitar Hero II (PS2)
... Quick Play modes. Bonus songs purchased at the store are available for all bands you create and require only a single purchase to be available in all modes ...
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- Music video game
... ries, the player in control of editing the music videos of various popular bands.]]
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- Harmonix Music Systems
==Employee bands==
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- MTV
... wave music|new wave]] to [[hard rock]] or [[heavy metal music|heavy metal bands]]<ref>{{harvnb|Lane|2006|p=126}}</ref> as [[Adam Ant]], [[Eurythmics]],<re ...
... alternative rock had a rise in mainstream tastes, while 1980s style [[hair bands]] and traditional rockers were phased out, with some exceptions such as [[ ...
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- Guitar
... y. The acoustic guitar is quieter than other instruments commonly found in bands and orchestras so when playing within such groups it is often externally a ...
... ows him to easily drop that string's tuning to a D. Many contemporary rock bands detune all strings by several semi-tones, making, for example, Drop-C or D ...
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- Lead guitar
... k]], [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[blues]], [[jazz]] and [[fusion]] bands and some [[pop music|pop]] contexts as well as others, the lead guitar lin ...
... sing a variety of techniques. In rock, heavy metal, blues, jazz and fusion bands and some pop contexts as well as others, lead guitar lines often employ [[ ...
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- Bass guitar
... five or six string basses where it is advantageous when accompanying brass bands whose music is commonly in the key of "B♭". More rarely, some bassists ( ...
... s also accepted, particularly in large ensemble settings, such as jazz big bands or in acoustic genres such as folk music. It is a matter of the player's p ...
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- Rock music
... the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968|Nuggets]]''. Some of the better known bands of this genre include [[The Sonics]], [[Question Mark & the Mysterians]], ...
... me, popular instrumental groups included [[The Shadows]]. Other West Coast bands, such as [[The Beach Boys]] and [[Jan and Dean]] slowed the tempos down an ...
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- List of songs in Rock Band
... us setlist consists of bands formed by Harmonix employees as well as local bands from near Harmonix's headquarters in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] or from ...
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- List of downloadable songs for the Rock Band series
This also applies to bands with "accent" marks in their names.
... available for download.<ref name="rock-band-dot-com-dlc" /><ref name="rockbandsonglist">{{cite web|url=http://www.rockband.com/music/songs|title=The Music ...
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- Guitar Hero
... 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 console]]s, while ...
... tecnology/ctech_us_videogames_bands_tech_life |title=Virtual battle of the bands rocks on |author=John Gaudiosi |date=2008-10-09 |work=[[Reuters]] |publish ...
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- Tremolo arm
... the time. The floating tremolo was greatly favored by some [[surf music]] bands, particularly for its ability to produce a pronounced and distinctive vibr ...
... vibrato remained a tremendous emotional outlet within his music. Many rock bands of all types have used the tremolo for all sorts of effects, especially as ...
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- Fender Stratocaster
... that appealed to the nascent surfer and hot-rod culture, pioneered by such bands as the [[Surfaris]], [[the Ventures]] and the [[Beach Boys]]. [[Dick Dale] ...
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- Crash cymbal
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- Bass drum
... ]]s. The third type, the pitched bass drum, is generally used in marching bands and drum corps. This particular type of drum is tuned to a specific pitch ...
... rum is used to mark time. In marches it is used to project tempo (marching bands historically march to the beat of the bass). A basic beat for [[rock and r ...
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- Drum stick
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- Tambourine
... loist or choral singing. Buben is often used by some folk and professional bands, as well as orchestras.
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