I hate playing the guitar controller in Rock Band, BUT I can tell you the drums are super hard and challenging and are FUN! They are REALLY helping me with my drum lessons! I play it all the time and it's helped with my timing tremendously! But I got the game because I was learning the drums, not vice versa.

Let me also just say -- I am so glad these games are such a huge hit and kids are wanting to learn to play music. So much better than the violent shoot-em-up games that don't really teach your kids anything!