Old 07-17-2006, 10:21 PM   #101
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Reading music isn't very much like reading notes.
Yes they are very different things, but the principle I explained is similar in both cases, IMO.

I find it WAY easier to read songs that are in cut-time over, say, those solo songs you get that are only hard because they have all their notes scrunched together because it's a slow tempo.... not very practical for say sight reading because you can't read the black lines very well XD.
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Old 07-18-2006, 12:12 AM   #102
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Wow this stuff actually works
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Old 07-18-2006, 12:27 AM   #103
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Well when someone has played a game for 2.5 years, any advice he would have would be pretty useful right? XD

Plus my advice is only a formal statement, people have been saying what I've said all along. It's just that this thread is stickied so more people can see it.
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Old 07-18-2006, 09:20 AM   #104
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wow. I never thought of that.
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Old 07-18-2006, 07:02 PM   #105
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You're all probably doing it on slow, easy songs. Once you get faster you'll understand how useful it is for much faster songs.
The first time I heard this tip, a while back, I tried it on some song that was hard for me. Since I'm not that good, it was probably a middle level difficulty song (or few). I'm guessing that it was something I could pass, but not well, and I wanted to see if this halving the screen tip helped.

Well, from what I remember it didn't make things noticebly easier. I don't think I could say for certain that it made things any harder than usual, but I don't remember any marked improvement. Cutting off my view left me unable to anticipate the upcoming patterns, and I think it threw me off a bit. Reading arrows and reading musical notes aren't exactly the same, no. But I think there are similarities, and having played music practically my entire life, I've found (so far) that seeing more notes lets me prepare for what's coming up rather than being surprised by it.

Maybe with some time and practice, seeing fewer notes does help. Maybe it has to be on *really* fast/hard songs to have a more obvious effect. But I'd rather just have fun than make improving take work. Sure, I'll never match the feats of some people here that way, but as long as the game remains fun for me, I'll enjoy my little slow improvements.
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Old 07-18-2006, 07:05 PM   #106
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i think i'm stuck at the half screen now.
i do completely agree that it helps. . .ALOT. i've gotten much better ever since halfing the screen.
however, everytime i try and do a song full screen now. . .lol i miss the arrows (really easy arrows i should never miss).
lol just thought it was kinda funny.
i know i can change this by practicing in full screen more. . .but i just enjoy it more half'ed.
thnx.
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Old 08-26-2006, 06:39 PM   #107
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Yays! thx a lot!
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Old 08-27-2006, 02:46 AM   #108
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Really I think that getting better takes time. At first you cant hit crud, But now Im doin challenging songs with 2 fingers!
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Old 08-31-2006, 08:51 PM   #109
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ok...when you are using two hands, where do you put the second hand? still on the arrow keys? cuz when i do that i can barely move my fingers, and it just messes everything up.
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Old 09-4-2006, 08:48 PM   #110
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Hm, I'll try the screen thing, seems my reaction time's a bit slow :XD
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Old 09-5-2006, 03:26 PM   #111
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Now i know why i suck at math and why im getting better doing this...
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Old 09-5-2006, 03:29 PM   #112
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ok...when you are using two hands, where do you put the second hand? still on the arrow keys? cuz when i do that i can barely move my fingers, and it just messes everything up.
Well, what i do is, i put 2 fingers (the ones on my left hand) in the up and left arrow and the other 2 (in my right hand) in the down and right arrow... i think that hopefully helps you... good luck.
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Old 09-10-2006, 10:07 AM   #113
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omg why didnt I think of that? Hit all the arrows! wow thanks alot
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Old 09-10-2006, 10:20 AM   #114
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thx for the ideas man xD
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Old 09-10-2006, 10:21 AM   #115
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thats called mashing =/
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Old 09-10-2006, 10:21 AM   #116
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Old 09-19-2006, 09:23 PM   #117
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oh and remember, down-scrolling arrows help SO MUCH!!!
You should see me do Alpha Helix on down, then up (BIG DIFFERENCE)
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Old 09-19-2006, 10:16 PM   #118
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Scroll direction is a personal thing... I'm pretty good on up but I can't read worth a **** on down.
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Old 10-1-2006, 11:23 PM   #119
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Thank you for the tips!
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Old 10-4-2006, 11:08 PM   #120
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Wow thanks, this helped me out alot, im good with useing
my pointer fingers and my middle fingers, and I'm quite good at
switching on and off with one hand in the middle of harder songs like
Flight of the BumbleBee ^_^ thats a fun, just your arm gets tired fast =(

Thanks for the tips and pointers and what not, I did read the entier thread
and yeah that took a good 20 minutes, Hopfuly I can continue to build a
better technique and be able to follow the arrows a little easyer and actually
go after combos and more perfects then when a mass of them come I gota
guess on what to push by just pounding my arrow keys x.x; but thats only
on songs like Revolutionary Etude =)
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