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Magnet
Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 644
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 7:39 am Post subject: Sight-reading Expert Pro Keys |
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How many other people try sight-reading new DLC on Expert Pro Keys?
After getting new DLC, I'll run through it all on Expert Pro to see how many I can beat (or do well on). For me, I think it's a great exercise to see how well I'm able to use the game interface to actually play the real notes with no prior knowledge of how the song plays. This has been especially interesting with some of the key-heavy DLC like Queen and Billy Joel. I surprised myself performance-wise by doing extremely well my first time on Under Pressure, and I was able to beat 4 of the 12 Billy Joel songs. Oddly enough, I can fail on some one dot songs but pass four dot songs during sight-reads, so I personally don't take too much stock in the difficulty ratings unless it's five-dots or devil tier.
I'm wondering how many others try this when getting new songs. Also, how well can you do? Is anyone at the point where they can sight-read X Pro on a two or three dot song and get around 95-100% accuracy? How many people out there are able to pass five dot or devil tier songs during X Pro sight-reads - and of those people, if there are any, are you able to do well (like in the 90%+ accuracy range)? |
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malictus
Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 994 Location: Bloomington, IN
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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I sight-read Light My Fire and passed, but it was a weak, barely 3-star score, and I was already was familiar with the song. I find I can usually sight-read songs that I'm already familiar with, since I sort of know what the chords should be. But I'm HORRIBLE at sight-reading songs I've never heard before --- I'm just not good enough at reading the notes cold. |
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Abaddon
Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 38
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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I sight read Rock Lobster a couple of nights ago and got a 91% and 4 1/2 stars. I just got my keytar last week although I have years of piano experience many moons ago.
Prior to that I was really struggling. Hopefully this is a sign it is clicking now.
Also, agreed, the tiers are almost useless for me so far. |
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blingdomepiece
Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 4358 Location: Ottawa ON Canada
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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I can usually pass a song in the first three tiers on a pure SR but it'll likely be a 2* or 3* score. Highly-tiered stuff, forget it. _________________
Expert Pro Keys: 50/63 GS, most recent The Killing Moon
Expert Pro Drums: 53/83 GS, most recent Free Bird / Oh My God / Oye Mi Amor
Expert Pro Bass: 6/83 GS, most recent Everybody Wants to Rule the World
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jawnintendo
Joined: 28 Dec 2009 Posts: 1202 Location: Edinburg, VA
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Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:02 am Post subject: |
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A SR for me would be a 4*, or a 3* if the song was hard/unpredictable.
I actually FC'd Foolin' on SR. _________________
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Accomplishments | 17/82 Pro Guitar FCs | 70/83 Pro Bass FCs | 55/63 Pro Keys FCs |
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Skyp1e
Joined: 01 Mar 2011 Posts: 132
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Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:38 am Post subject: |
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I stopped playing on anything but expert a while back so I pretty much SR every DLC on expert by default. |
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HHHistheGame
Joined: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 78
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 1:00 am Post subject: |
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I can usually get 5 stars on the sight read but Ive been playing piano since I was four...so...yeah. I see the chord shapes and I know it's a C chord, or a G chord or what have you and can usually figure out what the notes have to be. |
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Edify
Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Posts: 363
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:46 am Post subject: |
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To date, I have FC'ed three songs on Pro Keys on my sightread (though they're three easy songs) -- Helen Wheels by Paul McCartney and Wings, Through Glass by Stone Sour, and The Spirit of Radio (Live) by Rush. Spirit of Radio is a second-tier song, so that's the highest difficulty of a song I've FC'ed on my sightread of a Pro Keys song.
I'm definitely a lot better at sightreading than I used to be. It's just like any other skill, you get better at it the more you do it. |
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Skyp1e
Joined: 01 Mar 2011 Posts: 132
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:07 am Post subject: |
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You know, I did do a video of myself sight reading through the entire Country Pack.
With the exception of Ring of Fire and Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, I had never even heard OF any of the songs in the pack, let alone had the slightest familiarity with them. (Not much of a country music fan), but I wanted to test my sight reading ability and this was the best opportunity (for only $20) to do just that.
I should mention that I really like the pack now and never thought I would enjoy Country music this much.
Here's the video of that experiment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajoo6vhQhf0&list=UUpOt75ThqIZ-33C55gd3Aog&index=4&feature=plcp |
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Alternity
Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 410 Location: Montréal, QC
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 1:56 am Post subject: |
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I actually practically only sightread pro keys, I just recently began to practice some of the hardest stuff that I absolutely need to practice in order to get good at it. I've got maybe 10-15 FCs on sightread (mostly 0 to 2 dots stuff max). I usually get 5* or GS if I don't FC on sightread the easy stuff, and 4* the 3-5 dots (Unless it's really unpredictable and/or kinda hard to read), and I rarely got over 3 stars on a devil tiered song on sightread, except songs with an incredibly hard solo and not-so-hard rest of the song (some Amberian Dawn, anyone?).
Basically, I get better and better at sightreading pro keys, having 350 songs helps doing it, especially when you play often with friends/random who picks stuff you haven't played in ages. |
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