Input methods and devices for music-based video games

A method, performed by a compute device, of conducting a music-based video game, comprising:

• commanding, by the compute device, presentation of a game scene on a display;
• commanding, by the compute device, presentation of instructive cues for operation of a guitar-shaped controller including a plurality of fret buttons and a strum bar, the instructive cues including instructive cues for activation of the fret buttons and strum bar;
• determining, by the compute device, compliance with the instructive cues by a game player operating the guitar-shaped controller;
• determining, by the compute device, a rotational change in an orientation of the guitar-shaped controller;
• commanding, by the compute device, a change in the presentation of the game scene, wherein the change in the presentation of the game scene corresponds to the rotational change in the orientation of the guitar-shaped controller;
• commanding display of a game character representing the game player;
• determining a movement of the guitar-shaped controller, wherein the movement of the guitar-shaped controller is different from the rotational change in the orientation of the guitar-shaped controller;
• and
• commanding display of an action of the game character, that does not mimic an action indicated by the movement of the guitar-shaped controller, in response to the movement of the guitar-shaped controller.