So, Rock Band 3 with its new keyboard. Since you can use it to play the guitar or bass part (which I'd want to, since there are a lot of songs without Keys support yet, not to mention the pre-Rock Band 3 songs that charted pianos/melodicas/synths/etc. to guitar), I thought maybe it would make some things easier to play. So, naturally the first thing I try is the guitar part for Freezepop's Less Talk, More Rokk. Ouch. So I go update the calibration settings, but still suck it up pretty bad.

Yeah, there's some adjusting to be done. I suspect the timing window may be a little smaller than it is for hammer-ons/pull-offs, but most of it's probably my play. It seems a little odd as a righty, but my left hand (or at least my left pinky) is probably more game-ready at the moment. There's also a little adjusting that has to be done -- playing native Keys songs and guitar/bass ports -- to not think of the guitar fingering; this is particularly noticeable on chords. Although, Bohemian Rhapsody, which is ranked as one of the most difficult Keys songs, wasn't much of a problem on Expert. So your mileage may vary.

Of course, I tried a couple of songs on Pro Keys mode as well. I tried Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1 on Medium first, and it was pretty straightforward, but the stream of notes takes some getting used to, and I'm not completely used to it yet. Later, after I had done my trials with vanilla Keys mode, I decided to try a slightly harder song, Everybody Wants to Rule the World. And forgot to take the difficulty off of Expert. I stumbled at the beginning, but then got into a good groove and thought I was doing pretty well, and then "Oh shit, the track moved, where am I? dammit, ffffffffffffffuuuuuuu-... Oh good it's back; thank you, overdrive." So that'll be fun to get used to.

And yes, Free Bird will kick your ass.