How To Play GUITAR HERO WORLD TOURTM

Guitar Hero World Tour will build on the existing gameplay from previous Guitar Hero games, in which players attempt to simulate the playing of rock music using special guitar-shaped controllers.  World Tour expands beyond the core guitar-based gameplay by introducing the ability to play drums or sing vocals, and supporting the ability for up to four players to play together in a virtual band through these different instruments.  Successfully hitting notes will increase the player's or band's score, as well as increase the "Rock Meter" that represents the song's performance.  Missed notes are not scored and negatively affect the Rock Meter.  If the Rock Meter drops too low, the song will end prematurely, with the virtual audience booing the band off stage.  Successfully completing a song will garner a three to five-star rating based on the accumulated score.

The guitar interface remains relatively unchanged in World Tour.  As with previous Guitar Hero titles, the guitar and bass player must hold down the correct fret button(s) on the controller while also strumming in time with the notes as they scroll on-screen.  A minor addition to the the guitar gameplay is the ability to play notes while holding a long note.  The bass guitar player will encounter note tracks that include a straight line across the on-screen fret, indicating an open E string, and is played by strumming the controller without hitting any fret buttons.  The drum interface is similar to the guitar, with each on-screen note track equivalent to a colored drum head on the controller, with the bass drum indicated by a line across the note track.  The drum player only needs to hit the correct drum pads in time to successfully play their track.  Drum tracks will include "armored" notes, which players may strike harder than prior notes to obtain additional points.  The drum career will also feature sections of a song during which the player may play a drum solo, emphasized by in-game choreography that focuses on the drummer.  The vocal track requires the player to match the pitch of the notes in a manner similar to Karaoke Revolution to be successful.  Special sections of each players' note track are marked with glowing notes, which, if completed successfully, helps to build up "Star Power".  Once enough Star Power is accumulated, it can be released via various means in order to boost the band's score multiplier.  For guitar and bass, this done by lifting the guitar controller vertically or by pressing a button on the guitar face; for drums, by striking both cymbal pads on the controller at the same time; for vocals, by tapping the microphone or making a similarly quick sound.

In addition to the normal four difficulty levels (Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert) for each song and instrument, a new "Beginner" level has been added in World Tour.  This difficulty is aimed to allow players with greatly reduced ability to play; notes are generally simple straight lines in time with bass drum beats, and only require any fret button to be held while the note is strummed (for Guitar and Bass), any drum to be hit (for Drums), or any sound to be made (for Vocals).

84 Guitar Hero World Tour Tracks

"About a Girl" (Unplugged) - Nirvana
"Aggro" - The Enemy
"American Woman" - The Guess Who
"Antisocial" - Trust
"Are You Gonna Go My Way" - Lenny Kravitz
"Assassin" - Muse
"B.Y.O.B." - System of a Down
"Band on the Run" - Wings
"Beat It" - Michael Jackson
"Beautiful Disaster" - 311
"Crazy Train" - Ozzy Osbourne
"Dammit" - Blink-182
"Demolition Man" (Live) - Sting
"Do It Again" - Steely Dan
"Escuela de Calor" - Radio Futura
"Everlong" - Foo Fighters
"Eye of the Tiger" - Survivor
"Feel the Pain" - Dinosaur Jr.
"Float On" - Modest Mouse
"Freak on a Leash" - Korn
"Go Your Own Way" - Fleetwood Mac
"Good God" - Anouk
"Hail to the Freaks" - Beatsteaks
"Heartbreaker" - Pat Benatar
"Hey Man, Nice Shot" - Filter
"Hollywood Nights" - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
"Hot for Teacher" - Van Halen
"Hotel California" - Eagles
"The Joker" - Steve Miller Band
"Kick Out the Jams" - Wayne Kramer/MC5
"The Kill" - 30 Seconds to Mars
"L'Via L'Viaquez" - Mars Volta The Mars Volta
"La Bamba" - Los Lobos
"Lazy Eye" - Silversun Pickups
"Livin' on a Prayer" - Bon Jovi
"Love Me Two Times" - The Doors
"Love Removal Machine" - The Cult
"Love Spreads" - The Stone Roses
"The Middle" - Jimmy Eat World
"Misery Business" - Paramore
"Monsoon" - Tokio Hotel
"Mountain Song" - Jane's Addiction
"Mr. Crowley" - Ozzy Osbourne
"Never Too Late" - The Answer
"No Sleep Till Brooklyn" - Beastie Boys
"Nuvole E Lenzuola" - Negramaro
"Obstacle 1" - Interpol
"On the Road Again" (Live) - Willie Nelson
"One Armed Scissor" - At the Drive-In
"One I Love" "The One I Love" - R.E.M.
"One Way or Another" - Blondie
"Our Truth" - Lacuna Coil
"Overkill" - Motörhead
"Parabola" - Tool
"Pretty Vacant" - Sex Pistols
"Prisoner of Society" - The Living End
"Pull Me Under" - Dream Theater
"Purple Haze" (Live) - Jimi Hendrix
"Ramblin' Man" - The Allman Brothers Band
"Re-Education (Through Labor)" - Rise Against
"Rebel Yell" - Billy Idol
"Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)" - Lostprophets
"Santeria" - Sublime
"Satch Boogie" - Joe Satriani
"Schism" - Tool
"Scream Aim Fire" -Bullet for My Valentine
"Shiver" - Coldplay
"Some Might Say" - Oasis
"Soul Doubt" - NOFX
"Spiderwebs" - No Doubt
"Stillborn" - Black Label Society
"Stranglehold" - Ted Nugent
"Sweet Home Alabama" (Live) - Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Today" - The Smashing Pumpkins
"Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast" - Airbourne
"Toy Boy" - Stuck in the Sound
"Trapped Under Ice" - Metallica
"Up Around the Bend" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Vicarious" - Tool
"VinterNoll2" - Kent
"Weapon of Choice" - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
"What I've Done" - Linkin Park
"Wind Cries Mary" - Jimi Hendrix
"You're Gonna Say Yeah" - HushPuppies