1 hand play

[krazykhalid]

im a decent one hander, i can pass almost any song, and i have fced a few harder ones...

try to use this as your setup for your fingers

Middle: Up/Down
Index: left
Ring: right


if you cant read that fast,for stair cases,when you see it start on the right and go left, figure out how fast your gonna have to press the buttons, and go ring, middle up, middle down, index, and backwards if it goes back...

if you can easily read it, just have no technique, just practise...


the best song i find for practise is "stalled out and sushi bars" for one handers, it is all singles hits and few doubles, which are easy, and is really good practise for you, atleast i find...

[Litodude]

this is harder to learn but can pay of in the long run: 2 fingers, middle index one handed.(also great for pianist).

[Dronak]

Originally Posted by whathuh05

Dronak, I think we are complete opposite one handers.

You have a better PA than me (I can't AAA Mario for the life of me)
You suck at LDUR (I suck at RUDL)
You've been here 2 years (I've been here .5)
You're overall 5k (I'm overall 1.5k)

I guess in a sense, we are. Some things to note: a good portion of my 2 years was spent not playing FFR because my old computer couldn't do it properly. Overall rank is based purely on total points; even bad players can get a good rank if they play enough songs. (Edit: In other words, my rank is decent despite being about average because I've played enough to get a bunch of points.) I've only gotten 3 perfect combos and on very easy songs; it's very hard for me to get 100% accuracy. As for the LDUR or RUDL thing, well, we're just different there.

Originally Posted by whathuh05

Have you tried screen shrinking so you can only see the bottom of the "READY"? That gives you a bit more time to see jumps and jacks (haha), but still lets you seem to do rolls/staircases/stream better.

Yes, I've heard about that trick and tried it before. It didn't seem to help me. I wrote about this in some other thread. Maybe it's something where if I practiced more, or on harder/faster songs, it would help more. But when I tried, not being able to read ahead just made it harder. I think with my long musical background, I almost rely on being able to see what's coming up. *shrug* Maybe I should try halving the screen again some time, maybe on faster/harder songs, and see if it helps any. It's hard to keep going with something when it just screws you up initially.

[T0rajir0u]

Originally Posted by krazykhalid

i can pass almost any song

how many times do i have to say that it doesnt take any skill to pass an ffr song

every miss/boo takes the same away from your life bar as a perfect adds so all you have to do is hit half of the notes to survive which is piss easy regardless of style

edit: sup just passed molto one handed by mashing jumps

[Yesssss]

I passed Flight of the Bumblebee with one finger. It's not that hard.

[i_like_ham]

one finger??????

[stratos200]

pff, i passed it with my mouse

[Amcreva]

It just takes practice and alot of patience. Learning spread takes longer and often seems to slow you down. (As in, if your already good with one hand, you have to re-learn FFR and SM with Spread. )

As said above the main weakness with one handed play is the middle ring combos. (Up then right combos) As seen with Dendrite, if anyone has any tips on a better way to play one handed that would be great.

I also find I have problems with songs like Breaking the Common and some really heavy songs My hand gets tired.

[Litodude]

switch to spread. easiest way.

[sjoecool1991]

Yes, do spread, or index.
I am a pretty decent indexer.

[stratos200]

no stay one hand or index, those are the only ones that are fun to watch. Watching spread is like watching 2 people do DDR at the same time on the same pad.

[Pichu_XP]

Are there any one hand vids out there?

[T0rajir0u]

Originally Posted by Pichu_XP

Is there any one hand vids out there?

http://omgdidinsane.com/videos/Yesssss-MSWGO1h.wmv

[cuteyoshigirl]

:O

I didnt even know that you could have used both your hands.

I just figured this out yesterday...

but I rather use my one hands. Its easy actually. So far I can play standard and a couple of tricky with one hand play. :O

[Dronak]

As long as you can get both hands on the arrow keys comfortably, or you do some spread option with the hands apart, sure, you can play with two hands. I suspect most people start with one hand because that's typically how you use the arrow keys on the keyboard. I've tried playing with two hands before, but just did worse than usual so I kind of gave up. Maybe with practice I could do it, but I also prefered to stick with one hand.

cuteyoshigirl, you should check out the thread about actual song difficulties. The FFR difficulties are OK, but aren't very consistent because (I think) the author chooses the difficulty level. There's a thread around here that puts all songs on the same scale, so it's more accurate. I can do OK with one hand, too, but higher difficulty songs get very hard to do. Part of it's my skill, I'm sure, but I think part of it is also playing one handed. People generally say that it's easier to do better and score higher if you use two hands, so getting really good with one hand takes more time and practice, but it can be done. *shrug* I say play whatever is comfortable and fun for you.

[cuteyoshigirl]

Originally Posted by Dronak

As long as you can get both hands on the arrow keys comfortably, or you do some spread option with the hands apart, sure, you can play with two hands. I suspect most people start with one hand because that's typically how you use the arrow keys on the keyboard. I've tried playing with two hands before, but just did worse than usual so I kind of gave up. Maybe with practice I could do it, but I also prefered to stick with one hand.

cuteyoshigirl, you should check out the thread about actual song difficulties. The FFR difficulties are OK, but aren't very consistent because (I think) the author chooses the difficulty level. There's a thread around here that puts all songs on the same scale, so it's more accurate. I can do OK with one hand, too, but higher difficulty songs get very hard to do. Part of it's my skill, I'm sure, but I think part of it is also playing one handed. People generally say that it's easier to do better and score higher if you use two hands, so getting really good with one hand takes more time and practice, but it can be done. *shrug* I say play whatever is comfortable and fun for you.

haha, yeah it was really hard for me when I did standard for the one hand play, but after a while I got the hang of it. I'm starting to play difficult level now with one hand, So far I have it down. ^-^

[Kairi_and_Sora789]

I've played 1 hand all of my FFR life, but my friend play with 2 hands. I wonder for the life of her how she gets her hands on my small keyboard. It was only meant for 1 handed players, I think. I find 1 hand to be much easier once you become better at FFR, (i.e getting good scores on Challenging songs) but if you want to become really good at 1 hand, you should starts out with 1 hand. I have NEVER done two hands and I'm just fine.

[IronJesus]

I guess it all depends on your comfort level. I play with one hand occasionally if the song is slow or if I am drinking a soda and playing. I usually use the two-handed method. I use this style, it takes some getting used to, but when you get the hang of it, it really works.
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(From thumb to pinkie) Up Arrow/right hand= second finger, Right Arrow/right hand= middle finger, Down Arrow/Left Hand= second finger, Left Arrow/Left Hand= middle finger.

Originally Posted by IronJesus

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