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I can play the guitar and sing on expert on Rock Band, but I can't for the life of me even play the drums on easy. I think I set an all time low.
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I can't really explain how to play/understand the drums. You definitely have to have a good sense of rhythm and counting. I have tendencies to count in my head as I do it and I also recognize patterns as triplets or eighth notes, etc. I don't know what else...a lot of repetitive practice as well.

What I don't get is how people can move their hands to the orange button and then move them back fast enough to hit everything. My hand always gets way off and I mess up all the notes. I guess that is what I have to practice.


edit: As far as ultimate lows go, I once finished a song (barely) and beneath my score it said unconscious. Everyone else found it funny when they had top performer or whatever but I haven't really seen anything worse.
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THE ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION

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i prefer ddr, to rock band or guitar hero, i'm not very good at either
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ddr amazing!!!!!!! i love it i love it i love it
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DDR IS AMAZING! I love it more than rock band and guitar hero. Theoneandonly and I play against each other, pretty evenly matched, it is really fun.

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DDR is pretty fun, although I like GH and RB better.
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Haha im terrible at DDR. I end up playing the controller :D Actually, on the PS2 controller, im pretty good, though it totally defeats the purpose of DDR.
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Sheogorath wrote:THE ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION
AMEN.

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I don't know. I m sure this will help everyone else, but whatever one you have...the green one (I think)...
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