Which style is right for you? (New players read!)

[ckj846]

RE: Single hand Three Fingers

Wow...
I think all of the styles have pros and cons and none are really better than the others. It is more a matter of comfort. Even if index or 4 fingers are more accurate, your fingers might occasionaly get mixed up and tangled together. That is why I am a one-hander because it is impossible for your hands to get mixed up and you can hit the arrows better. A con for one-handers are the jumps and constant streams of 232323232323232323...
So, therefore, all of the ways you play have pros and cons. Comfort is the most important thing when deciding which playing style is right for you.
O_o

[waffydude]

3 fingers, 2 hands like I was talking about:

Description: Use of two fingers from one hand and 1 finger from the other on the standard arrow pattern (usually index and middle from one hand plus just the index from the other). Basically halfway between being index or standard 4 finger.

Pros: Good control of trills and triplets like an index player since you can almost always prevent yourself from having to hit them fully with one hand. But still, not as limited in fast jumps/jumps within streams/doublestepping as an index player, because you have an extra finger available to hit them. Also, generally better timing than that of 4 fingers.

Cons: Still probably not quite as accurate as index, but pretty close. The biggest con is the lack of a 4th finger for some of the hardest/fastest patterns, and the fact that you may be forced to doublestep in some places.

If anyone disagrees with me on any of this, please let me know.

EDIT: I would also argue that in the strenths/weaknesses for "staircase" steps (123412341234) a 4 finger/spread player would have the advantage since they already have a finger on each key. While it may be no trouble for an indexer to hit them on most songs, when you find staircases that are really fast like 32nds in some harder keyboard songs, it can be much harder for an indexer to cover all the keys as quickly. I've found this myself even with 3 fingers... staircase 32nds/64ths are probably the hardest for me to hit (besides trills/jacks).

[super-smashman]

If you read the section on steams, you'll see that I did say that streams were about equal because Indexers have more accuracy and 4-Finger players can do them faster.

Will add all that stuff now.

If anyone thinks of any other patterns, feel free to tell me.

[Ultimablah]

EDIT: nm, thought you meant the 2468, you're using the 1234.

[Bahamut-X]

Do you think (using 1234 thing) that 4132413241324132 should be a pattern? It is found in fotbb, caprice, and maybe a few others.

[super-smashman]

First off LOL to your sig.

If you can come up with a name and some strenths and weaknesses for it then I'll be happy to include it.

[pntballa18]

Re: RE: Which style is right for you?

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[Linkisdoomed]

RE: Single hand Three Fingers

Oh, fine. SO this makes me a handicapped player then? Sucks to be me.

-Mr. 1up-

[Bahamut-X]

RE: Single hand Three Fingers

Hmm... can't think of a name yet. i thought of another pattern though:

12321232123212321

You can call it something like mini staircases.

EDIT: Had another idea. 1414141414141 could be called a helix. I know it is a trill, but it reminds me of a helix.

[waffydude]

Re: RE: Single hand Three Fingers

Oh, fine. SO this makes me a handicapped player then? Sucks to be me.

-Mr. 1up-

It certainly is a handicap to some extent... If it isn't, then I'd like to see some 1 hander scores matching the very best index and 4 finger players. And no, that's not gonna happen.

But it just depends on what you enjoy using... there are many very impressive 1 handed scores either way.

[super-smashman]

RE: Re: RE: Single hand Three Fingers

123212321 is a staircase.

Had another idea. 1414141414141 could be called a helix. I know it is a trill, but it reminds me of a helix.

o_O ... k.

[leadafro]

Re: RE: Single hand Three Fingers

Wow...
I think all of the styles have pros and cons and none are really better than the others. It is more a matter of comfort. Even if index or 4 fingers are more accurate, your fingers might occasionaly get mixed up and tangled together. That is why I am a one-hander because it is impossible for your hands to get mixed up and you can hit the arrows better. A con for one-handers are the jumps and constant streams of 232323232323232323...
So, therefore, all of the ways you play have pros and cons. Comfort is the most important thing when deciding which playing style is right for you.
O_o

jumps and streams are not hard its a matter of how fast you can read the arrows

[waffydude]

You apparently haven't played some of the faster keyboard songs... At a certain point, it's not all reading, and your finger speed itself starts to matter quite a bit more.

[super-smashman]

That's where the handicap comes in.

[Skikamukazi]

For the most-part, I am A One Hander. But when it comes to faster songs( 4 Finger Songs) I do something that I don't hear people talking about. I use 2 hands in different areas. Left Middle goes on the up arrow on the arrow buttons. Left Index on the Left Button. Right Middle on the NUMBER 6 on the # pad. Right index on the NUMBER 2 on the # Pad. I haven't really heard people talk about this style, but I use it very frequently. I find that it makes it easier to sync all four fingers.
What do you all think?