Song/Arrow Tempo Issue
Posted on: July 23, 2007, at 05:09:26pm

I find it noticeably easier to play songs better when they're stepped at the same tempo I hear the music. When they don't match, I have some trouble. For example, I'd swear that both versions of Driveway released so far are stepped with red arrows on both quarter and eighth notes. I'm hearing upbeat eighth notes where I see red arrows. OTOH, Jump In seems to match what I hear. As evidence that this affects my playing, consider this: I got a 10 good FC on Driveway [Light] (difficulty 2) and a a 2 good FC on Jump In (difficulty 5) on my first plays of these two songs. I did better on the harder song, and I think it's because the arrow tempo I see for Driveway doesn't match the song tempo I hear for the music. I think I'm going to start tracking these differences so I'll have a list to refer to, and maybe that others could use in the future.