First time playing Keys both irl and rb

[Parmesean97]

@Alternity, I can, but I don't know what way is best to comprehensively understand pro keys.

Should i slowly move through all of medium and then up to hard and finally expert? Or slowly trudge through the easiest of the expert difficulty songs until I can do the harder ones?

Although the latter is faster and I wouldn't mind not wasting time, I feel like the learning curve may be too much. Or am I overestimating pro keys?
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[Parmesean97]

@Alternity, I can, but I don't know what way is best to comprehensively understand pro keys.

Should i slowly move through all of medium and then up to hard and finally expert? Or slowly trudge through the easiest of the expert difficulty songs until I can do the harder ones?

Although the latter is faster and I wouldn't mind not wasting time, I feel like the learning curve may be too much. Or am I overestimating pro keys?
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http://www.youtube.com/user/ZionalQuadrophenic Lulz no vids, but add as a friend!

[machetemonkey]

[machetemonkey]

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[Alternity]

[Alternity]

[malkieriking]

I started much like a lot of people here; my enormous RB ego made me decide to play expert right away. I haven't put nearly as much effort into Pro Keys as many of the people here (and the skill level difference shows it), but I have passed the disk and have 20 (21? can't remember) on disk FCs. It all depends on a few factors:

1. Do you need to feel immediate success? Play medium or hard first and work upward.

2. Are you willing to get less than 3 stars on many occasions with no-fail on? Play expert.

3. Are you willing to sit through some basic scales? Go through the trainers first. If you are like this, you might also like to go into the song trainers before playing, and maybe even practice mode.

Personally, I played through the first few sets of tutorials first (the only piano experience I had before this was about 2 days of learning C-Major in a middle school music class). Also, don't be afraid to use 2 hands for some things. I could've never FCed The Killing Moon without 2 hands, and a lot of songs become a lot easier. Again, slowing things down and practicing for a little while is incredibly helpful. Coming up with methods to hit sections is important, especially with the amount of rote memorization you generally need to do well to 5*, GS, and FC songs, easy or hard.

Some songs are obviously a waste of time, but some early songs to practice:

Rock Lobster was my first 100% not including Need You Tonight. It's fun, gets your hands moving, but isn't that bad to learn.

The Con: Practicing the one hard part is really good for learning to hit black keys. It's vital at higher levels, so learn early.

Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before: Great for small amounts of movement, and pretty fun. Rather note dense in the choruses.

Last Dance: Intro to chords. Learning to play the chorus is vital, and will help a ton.

Good luck with trying to improve!
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zage1337, in my accomplishments thread wrote:

Ever since I started Blitz I played the silver ball From Thrasher down to One Vision, I've must've played them all but you aint seen nothing like him in any song at all that malkieriking SURE PLAYS A MEAN PINBALL

[malkieriking]

I started much like a lot of people here; my enormous RB ego made me decide to play expert right away. I haven't put nearly as much effort into Pro Keys as many of the people here (and the skill level difference shows it), but I have passed the disk and have 20 (21? can't remember) on disk FCs. It all depends on a few factors:

1. Do you need to feel immediate success? Play medium or hard first and work upward.

2. Are you willing to get less than 3 stars on many occasions with no-fail on? Play expert.

3. Are you willing to sit through some basic scales? Go through the trainers first. If you are like this, you might also like to go into the song trainers before playing, and maybe even practice mode.

Personally, I played through the first few sets of tutorials first (the only piano experience I had before this was about 2 days of learning C-Major in a middle school music class). Also, don't be afraid to use 2 hands for some things. I could've never FCed The Killing Moon without 2 hands, and a lot of songs become a lot easier. Again, slowing things down and practicing for a little while is incredibly helpful. Coming up with methods to hit sections is important, especially with the amount of rote memorization you generally need to do well to 5*, GS, and FC songs, easy or hard.

Some songs are obviously a waste of time, but some early songs to practice:

Rock Lobster was my first 100% not including Need You Tonight. It's fun, gets your hands moving, but isn't that bad to learn.

The Con: Practicing the one hard part is really good for learning to hit black keys. It's vital at higher levels, so learn early.

Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before: Great for small amounts of movement, and pretty fun. Rather note dense in the choruses.

Last Dance: Intro to chords. Learning to play the chorus is vital, and will help a ton.

Good luck with trying to improve!
_________________

zage1337, in my accomplishments thread wrote:

Ever since I started Blitz I played the silver ball From Thrasher down to One Vision, I've must've played them all but you aint seen nothing like him in any song at all that malkieriking SURE PLAYS A MEAN PINBALL