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At E3 2010 MTV Games and Harmonix gave a preview of what’s new for the upcoming Rock Band 3. One of the goals for the game is to make gamers actually learn how to play instruments. The keyboard developed by Harmonix will be a 29 key (2 octaves) midi controller and can be used outside the game for music production.

The guitar for Rock Band 3 will also be more realistic using actual strings instead of just mashing buttons. Mad Catz created a guitar that has all notes assigned to a string like button where each fret is. A even more authentic option is a real Fender guitar with strings that you can plug into a amp.

It looks like the Rock Band brand is finally making the extra step to give fans some knowledge on how to really play music. The release date for Rock Band 3 hasn’t been announced yet but is expected to arrive later this year.