Guitars and drums.  It's always been about guitars and drums.  Well, some of us don't play those instruments, so if you've been sitting on the sidelines of the music game revolution like I have in the hopes that someone would add piano-based gameplay to the likes of Rock Band or Guitar Hero, then there may be brighter days ahead.  Kotaku has a teaser image taken from a recent Rock Band demo that apparently shows the instrument line-up for the upcoming Rock Band 3, and joining the usual assortment of musicmakers is an icon of piano keys.  Could it be?

Take a look up there at all those little icons. We've got bass, drums, guitar, vocals - the three mics suggesting the harmonies from Beatles: Rock Band are carrying over - and finally, on the right, a keyboard.

Sure, not every song has one. Not every band has a pianist or keyboardist, either. But some do, and it looks like we'll now be able to rock out to those songs as nature intended.

With piano support on the way, I may finally buy into this genre (well, the piano and voice parts, anyway).  I expect both Billy Joel and Elton John versions of Rock Band 3 before the upcoming fiscal year is over.  Get on it, Electronic Arts and Harmonix.  I'll find a place in my home to store a piano controller somehow.