[Gun92]

1)It takes practice...thats all there is to it really, the more you play, the better you can read the arrows.

2)Its not bad to fail on purpose, the only thing its really going to do is add 1 song played to your total, and no, you can not pause a song.

3)I play spread too, but once you start playing for awhile, you get used to it and they don't hurt nearly as bad, just pace yourself at first and your going do fine.

Hope it helped and welcome and keep having fun