Fair enough if it's not your thing, but I do have to take issue with the phrase "meaningless waggle"; even if we just compare the guitar instrument in both games, the Wii Music controls are actually more complex than GH. You can bend notes anywhere up to a step in either direction, apply vibrato using your left hand, mute the strings using the z trigger to dampen the sound or shorten notes, quickly alternate between chords and single notes by holding or releasing the C button, drop in and out of double-picking using the down arrow, and can, as on many of the instruments, carefully apply the A button in order to repeat the current note rather than letting its algorithms take you to a new note on a subsequent hit. On top of that, it's much closer to a real instruments in terms of the need for restraint and careful control of dynamics -- one thing I dislike about GH games is that, while the game seems built around the idea of virtuoso performance, it doesn't even replicate the most important parts of playing an instrument well: careful restraint, control of dynamics and subtle rhythmic variation (always hitting perfectly on the beat is not, in fact, perfection), clever phrasing, and playing with / against the band's groove behind you. The reason I have always felt ambivalence towards RB / GH games, even though they can be fun to play, is that I feel musicianship is terribly misunderstood.
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