The Official FFR Picture Dictionary

[Sztuka]

ac and and arrow up and right

running man and wall is the best

[ghost-]

damn son you dun good rusheh

looks like we're more modern, now that you used gifs for the first time!

[rushyrulz]

Thanks, I was shooting for modern.

[Strikingvipr]

I like how on the tight rolls gif you miss everything, shows how fun those are

[Niala]

Jumpjacks?
But nice thread, good explanations. :3

[ninjaKIWI]

I disagree on this use of Jumptrills. Jumstream isn't a stream consisting completely of jumps, that would just be (timing here)-jumps, like sixteenth jumps, it's stream with jumps within it. Therefore to me, jumptrills are trills with jumps within the trill.

[rushyrulz]

Jumptrills are most definitely trills between 2 jumps.
Jumpstream is most definitely stream with jumps in it.

Not even up for discussion.

[ddrxero64]

Originally Posted by ninjaKIWI

I disagree on this use of Jumptrills. Jumstream isn't a stream consisting completely of jumps, that would just be (timing here)-jumps, like sixteenth jumps, it's stream with jumps within it. Therefore to me, jumptrills are trills with jumps within the trill.

Haha, I agree with this. It's a skill people learn nonetheless, whether it's logical or not, it's a solid part of songs now. You can't expect to get rid of it.

[potter_rocks_out_loud]

Wall: Cluster**** of arrows. XD Epic

[rushyrulz]

There's no actual name for a stream of jumps like in Piano Etude (Gymnastics) or a trill with jumps in it like in K8107.

[LJRoX]

How about jumpcluster as a name? or Clusterjump..

[rushyrulz]

I've been calling them jumpgluts

[cedolad]

Gonna have to disagree with the triplets one. Only because the rhythm for a triplet is completely different rhythm than the one posted. The rhythm you put is

1e&, 2e&. (if you know music)

Triplets are 3 notes stretched over a beat (or 2 depending on note lengths etc.) in 3's.

So I think the correct name would be Triple.

edit: you also forgot chains.

[MrPoptart]

I haven't seen this since before you updated it. Nice overhaul, looks a lot more organized, however, you might want to rerecord all the gifs with max combo and accuracy off =P
nj Rushy.

[Vampeel]

A long while back I picked up a technique, I believe from Shashakiro, that involved screen shrinking with my browser, but I definitely want to say he had a more specific name for it. I basically shrink my browser window down, line it up with the game itself on either side, and cut the screen in half horizontally. I began to play a lot better for it than I did normally.

Anyone know what he called that?

[ddrxero64]

Originally Posted by cedolad

Gonna have to disagree with the triplets one. Only because the rhythm for a triplet is completely different rhythm than the one posted. The rhythm you put is

1e&, 2e&. (if you know music)

Triplets are 3 notes stretched over a beat (or 2 depending on note lengths etc.) in 3's.

So I think the correct name would be Triple.

I would agree, but reading music and labeling stepmania patterns are two different things in my opinion. You don't call alternating notes in music trills, and you don't call a continuous roll of three notes arpeggio. I think triplets are fine, as they are a more notable pattern in stepmania, versus 12ths.

Edit: I looked up arpeggio in wikipedia to make sure I was using the correct term, and I found this bit at the end. It's pretty interesting. Kommisar?

In early video game music, arpeggios were often the only way to play a chord since sound hardware usually had a very limited number of oscillators, or voices. Instead of tying them all up to play one chord, one channel could be used to play an arpeggio, leaving the rest for drums, bass, or sound effects. Examples include the music of games and demos on Commodore 64's SID chip which only had three oscillators, see also Chiptune.

[cedolad]

Originally Posted by ddrxero64

I would agree, but reading music and labeling stepmania patterns are two different things in my opinion. You don't call alternating notes in music trills, and you don't call a continuous roll of three notes arpeggio. I think triplets are fine, as they are a more notable pattern in stepmania, versus 12ths.

Edit: I looked up arpeggio in wikipedia to make sure I was using the correct term, and I found this bit at the end. It's pretty interesting. Kommisar?

Actually in most music alternating notes is a trill

But I see your point now.

[rushyrulz]

While these terms might not be musically correct, they are the common names of the patterns when it comes to FFR/SM terminology.

@Poptart: I can't rerecord with combo and masking off because my engine doesn't have that option.

@cedo: Chains are the first pattern.

@Vampeel: Screencutting.

[qqwref]

It makes more sense in FFR for "triplet" to mean a xxx.xxx.xxx. 16th pattern, compared to a solid 12th pattern. because that latter one would just be described as "12th notes" or "12ths" and so we don't need another name for it.

I think "jumpglut" is a great name for a group of jumps which intersect (i.e. form jacks) at some points. So this would describe certain hard parts in Across Rooftops, Black Key Etude, Death Piano, and Piano Etude (Gymnastics).

I suggest adding "grace note" (any better names?) for a note with a differently colored note very close to it, such as a 4th with a 48th immediately after. It's similar to a gallop, but so fast that you wouldn't want to hit the notes separately.

[bmah]

Yeah, I'd think grace note is a good descriptor, as it is for music in general.