music practice
If Savannah Starr can play her own instruments, then so can Hannah Montana...but not until she practices a little. Okay, maybe after a lot of practice. Good thing playing music is fun!
Look for Music Practice icons around town. There’s one for Rhythm Guitar right in Miley’s living room (once Miley talks to Dad about it first)!
guitar
If you’re going to be a pop star, then you need to learn to play the guitar. Start off on rhythm and work your way up to lead!
Rhythm Guitar
Keep your eye on the musical notes as they scroll down the fretboard toward the guitar body on the Touch Screen. When the +Control
Pad icon turns green, press the +Control Pad in the
same direction as the icon AND strum across all of the strings (from left 
to right) with the stylus. Lefties push the A, B, X, Y Buttons instead.
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If you’re left handed, go to Settings on the Main Menu and change the Guitar setting to Left Handed. Instead of using the +Control Pad to finger notes and chords, lefties can use
the A, B, X, Y Buttons on the other side of the Touch Screen. Yeah, it’s tricky. But you’ll get the hang of it. To make it easier, rotate your Nintendo DS™ 90 degrees
Bass Guitar
Playing bass is like playing rhythm, except instead of strumming all the strings when the note scrolls over the guitar body, you “pick” just one string by flicking it with your stylus. You can produce a slightly different “slapping” sound by tapping the string with your stylus instead of flicking it.
Lead Guitar
If you have mastered bass, then you’re ready for lead. Use the same +Control Pad fingering technique as before, but tap each string instead of flicking or strumming. You can “bend” a note by holding the stylus against the Touch Screen after a tap and then dragging the string up toward the next one.
Now you’re playing the blues!
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