Cowboys From Hell

**JCirri** · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 4576

**OtherBill** · Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 65

Having trouble consistently nailing the G-G-G-G-R-R-R-R-Y-Y-R-R-Y-Y-B line?

I used to try playing it purely with fingers on GRYB, but my ring and pinky fingers just aren't quite as coordinated as the other two, and I could rarely play it cleanly. So, I started playing the G-R transition by sliding my index finger and playing the rest with fingers on RYBO, and my scores immediately improved.

(This riff is good practice for alternate picking, but I find that I still downpick the ...B-Y-R-G bit at the end.)

As for the rest of the song, the best practice is CFH Expert.
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**JCirri** · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 4576

I used to have trouble with that part until I realized that timing was my problem. Concentrate on making sure you change fingers before strumming (especially towards the end of the line). My problem was that I was strumming just before changing notes, resulting in misses. So try forcing yourself to change notes earlier than you would think, let me know if it helps.
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**Fly1ngV** · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:59 am Post subject:

speaking of the main riff, i found out that there is the best part for use of your star power instead of the solo, because since it is the most repettitive part, it makes it easy to nail consistantnly and if that combo keeps running, it makes the score rack up....it also is nice if it brings the power into the verses cuz you get the chords as well

**catfish7** · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 927 Location: North Florida

Yeah my timing is bad off on the main riff. About once out of every three times I'll get it. It's costing me a massive amount of points though.

I'm gonna try that slide the index finger up technique.

**catfish7** · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 927 Location: North Florida

Is there a specific star path anyone uses to 5 star this song? My high score is now 234,xxx, just shy of 5 star, and I hit 91-92% of the notes (I think). Is there a better strategy that will help or should I just wait for that special run when I nail it?

**COBW3BB** · Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:00 pm Post subject:

**ensockerbagare** · Joined: 30 Jul 2006 Posts: 103 Location: Sweden, Borås

What I believe is the best way to utilize the SP, at least for the first part of the song, is that when you've just gotten the third star power refill, use it immediatly or ASAP. That way, you will get the most of the main riff and chords, which will end right before star power fill (The R-Y-B, R-Y-B, part)

BTW, my first post, w00t?!

**DrewG** · Joined: 02 Aug 2006 Posts: 255

Can anyone give any good advice on how to hit the main riff of this song? I can never do it.

**catfish7** · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 927 Location: North Florida

Find a strummin pattern that works for you; I always start the main riff with an up strum for some reason. Also, make sure you're really concentrating at the end switches from yellow ,back to red ,and then to blue; focus on getting your fingers on the buttons with the correct timing because thats the part most people mess up. Also, alternate strum, downstrumming will kill your arm.

**SThorpe** · Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 2500

I was gonna give some advice to, but I see that you've passed with 82% so well done

**Jaksiel** · Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 4:34 pm Post subject:

**Farlus** · Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Posts: 640 Location: Baton Rouge, LA

This is the only song that I can't at least four-star on hard. There are several parts that I'm having trouble with..

1) The main part of the chorus as everyone has mentioned. I tried alt strumming the whole thing, but I usually end up doing an extra strum at the end, because it's an odd number of notes (15), but I strum 16 times by reflex. I tried to fix this by just alt strumming the first 8 notes (GGGGRRRR) and then downstrumming the last seven, and that works more often, but I still can't nail it consistently.

2) During the verses, I NEVER hit the BYRR part. Ever. Any tips? I absolutely suck at POs. Is it possible to downstrum?

3) Near the end, the groups of three notes... BYR YRG and then OBY BYR YRG. What finger positions do you guys use? I can hit the first part pretty easily, 3-2-1 3-2-1 on both. However, on the group of three, I try 4-3-2, 3-2-1 and then switching to 3-2-1 on the last group, but it's almost too fast to do. Tips?

**gmriggs** · Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 48

Farlus:

1) I used to have that problem when I first started playing this song. What helped me was paying attention to whichever way you start alternate picking the riff, and ending the last note in the same direction. If you start on a downstrum, the last note is a downstrum, and vice versa. I also went through various stages of counting off every other note, every group of 4 notes, etc. Now I don't even think about it and I never miss that part. It just takes a little practice.

2) I used to downstrum this part all the time, before I switched to alternate strumming that entire section. It's completely possible to do them consistently that way... I've had quite a few runs where I've hit close to all of them in the song just downstrumming. I never use HO's or PO's. What helped me a lot was focusing on the 'BY' part in the BYRR BYRR, and counting them off as 1234 1234 in my head. Accent the '12'... if I mess this part up, it's usually because I miss the yellow note.

Just like everything else in the game, it takes practice more than anything else. These are just some tips I use... hope they can help you too.

**HylianHero** · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 4673 Location: Santa Cruz, CA