The BMS/IIDX Thread

[bmah]

Originally Posted by Breakdown16

The kind of advice I'm looking for is how to build hand speed. I've seen plenty of videos where the player is required to perform short sections of stream or jumpstream on both hands simultaneously - I have trouble doing that even in 7 keys (playing one-handed).

Chordstream stuff? Yeah, that takes a lot of practice, and if you have a practice mode, I strongly recommend using that and practicing songs with those problematic areas, starting at a slower music rate. Then as you improve, increase the music rate until you play at normal speed.

If your problems with those patterns is executing them as opposed to a reading problem, then I don't have many suggestions for you. One thing I will suggest though is to be flexible - do not assign each of the 7 keys to a particular finger. Overlap, use other fingers (e.g. I can use my thumb for both the 1 and 3 keys), do whatever you need to do to reach those keys. Another thing to be aware of when doing chordstream is to be aware of how far apart the keys are on your controller. They tend to be spaced out further than it is convenient to hit. Overall, my suggestion has less to do with physically making your hands go faster, but rather know strategically where to place your fingers with those patterns.

[Patashu]

Originally Posted by bmah

If your problems with those patterns is executing them as opposed to a reading problem, then I don't have many suggestions for you. One thing I will suggest though is to be flexible - do not assign each of the 7 keys to a particular finger.

Just out of curiosity, why do you say this when in any kb rhythm game (stepmania, solo, o2jam, dj max trilogy etc) you keep one finger on each button and stick with it?

[LongGone]

Originally Posted by Patashu

Just out of curiosity, why do you say this when in any kb rhythm game (stepmania, solo, o2jam, dj max trilogy etc) you keep one finger on each button and stick with it?

Breakdown plays doubles/7k one handed, and we don't have 7 fingers....

But the mentality applies here. if a 12121 fast trill appears, you don't want to use your ring/mid fingers. you can shift to say, index/mid as they are stronger. you have more liberty doing this with onehanded/14k play

for 7k 2handed play, its almost universal to use 1 finger per key for really hard chordstream/dense patterns. however where accuracy is concerned, freeform play is better; especially at certain patterns like trills and jacks. I'm not a freeform player though so I won't comment deeper than that


...I tried playing 14k on KB before, but can only manage up to IIDX 6s rofl