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A demonstration of the new keyboard controller for Rock Band 3 has been shown on USA Today's Game Hunters. Harmonix developers were there to help explain many new features along with the interesting way they've handled displaying so many keys with the new full 25 key keyboard which also has a strap and touch based handled for keytar action.

Harmomix devs have created a layout which makes it easier for the player to keep their fingers in the right section by splitting the the sections of the keyboard and limiting those sections for the easier difficulty levels. Also to utilize screen space the note field will shift from side to side as the notes move across the keyboard.

"we're actually utilizing the full two-octave range that the keyboard controller has. Everything that you are playing, whether you are playing on easy or expert, is accurate musical information. The track looks like a real keyboard track, and you are playing notes on the keyboard that if you were to step away from the game and were to play on a real piano, they would be the right notes." - Daniel Sussman /Harmonix

With Keyboardmania from Konami, for example all the notes are displayed on the screen with very little indicators to help keep your fingers in right the spot making KBM quite difficult as your fingers tend to get lost.

Source: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming...band10_VA_N.htm