Guitar Hero World Tour/Controls

Guitar Hero World Tour features various controllers shaped like real instruments.

Guitar/Bass Controller
The guitar/bass controller includes five main points.


 * 1) Fret Buttons: These multi-colored buttons are located on the neck of the guitar. A player must hold these while the right color on-screen comes across the strike line. The colors are Green, Red, Yellow, Blue and Orange (in that order). In "Beginner Mode", players can hold down any color, and strike the strum bar when a line comes across the screen.
 * 2) Strum Bar: Notes will not play unless the strum bar is used. The strum bar can be clicked up or clicked down. When a note comes across the screen, a player must hold the correct color down, but this will not do anything unless they strum using the strum bar.
 * 3) Whammy Bar: Players can use the Whammy bar during sustained notes. It will add a whammy effect to the note. If the note is a "star" note, using the whammy bar will extract star power from it.
 * 4) Slider Bar: This new feature allows players to tap instead of using the strum bar. It also allows the player to slide during special "Slide" sections in the game. During these slide sections, the player is not required to strum, instead, they can just hit the fret button, or the corresponding color section of the slider. You can also add effects to sustained notes (which also adds star power, similar to the Whammy Bar).
 * 5) Star Power Button/Tilt Sensor: Players can activate star power when they have enough star power stored in the star power meter. To active, players can hit the Star Power button (Select on older models of the Guitar Hero controller) or they can tilt the guitar 90°.

Drum Controller
The drum controller contains three main points.


 * 1) Drum Pads & Cymbals: The drum pads and cymbals are the main focus of the Drum controller. The three pads are Red, Blue and Green, and the cymbals are yellow and orange. Players must hit these on the drum while the notes come across the strike line. During "Freestyle" sections, indicated by wavy lines on the "Highway", players can improvise to rack up points.
 * 2) Foot Pedal: While playing, a purple line may appear on the highway. This indicated that the player must use the bass pedal.
 * 3) Crashing the Cymbals: To release star power, players must crash the cymbals. These can be used during any note, and that note will automatically be played.

Mic
The Guitar Hero Mic is a USB mic, and has no buttons. To navigate menus, a controller from the console you are playing on must be used. To activate star power using the mic, the player must tap the top of the mic. Otherwise, the player will just have to sing the correct words into the mic, at the correct pitch.