Can't You Hear Me Knockin'

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

**bmintern** · Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 47

Since there are no paths, I'll go ahead and post mine. I am not all that experienced, so I would be happy to see any comments on my path. I haven't been able to FC it yet (keep messing up stupid parts), so I'm not sure if it's capable of producing the best score. Anyways, here it is:

4 - before next note
2 - before third BBBYBY (it comes after the four yellows)
2 - third measure after the hold ends, there is a "R RRR(hold)": right before the second R
2 - before next note
2 - before next note. Don't worry about trying to whammy the 2nd SP sequence, because you will have enough to finish the song without it, and there's no point in screwing up a good run with a difficult, unnecessary whammy.

Well, let me know what you think

**roddy630** · Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Posts: 85 Location: NC

it was good enough for 20th with a score of 154679, Thanks

**bmintern** · Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 47

I finally FC'd it myself, but I activated a Star Power slightly incorrectly. I was playing the song for the League C competition, so I didn't bother trying to improve it, instead moving on to other songs. It was good enough for 12th place, less than 1600 away from the leader. So maybe a few squeezes here and there and actually playing it correctly, and it could be good for 1st. (My score was 155,347.) Then again, it might be a bad path. I didn't consider too many different ones.

Oh, and it was good enough for 1st in that song for the week, so I'm pretty happy about that.

Anyways, I'm glad you found my post helpful

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**Slowhand** · Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 625 Location: Lombard, Illinois

Fun with math.... There will be a quiz later........

It's a good path but can be improved I think

I can't/don't/am unable to fo the pinch/squeeze stuff so a GH technician should improve any score I get with this. Have yet to try it but the numbers crunch.

Your first activation after 4 sp averages 4.1 notes per measure (this includes hold pts which is basically 3 beats of hold at 4x = 1 note @ 4X). The second activation also averages about 4.1.

If you activate after 3 sp on the first Y after the 3 R, AND can squeeze the final note in, you can average 4.41 notes/measure. With me so far? Without the squeeze note the average is still 4.25.
Taking the next 3 sp plus the 1/2 measure of sp whammy form sp 5 and activating on the 2nd Y note you come to, about 2 measures after sp 6, you can average a whooping 4.58 notes/measure with SP!! Pretty exciting huh.

So.......12 measures (6 SP) @ 4.1 note/measure x 400 pts/note@ 8X =
19680 points
Slight change in activations and squeezing (shakes fist in general direction of pincher/squeezers in jealous rage)
6 meas. x 4.41 nts/meas. x 400 = 10584
6 meas. x 4.58 x 400 = 10992 + 10584 = 21576 or 1896 more points!!

Of course, in the time it took me to figure this out I could just play the song both ways and see which is higher.

Bottom line, there is your 1600 points and with the fancy technical playing thing, go get first dude. TROGDOR!!!!!!!

looks a little like this
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/746/cantyouhearmeguitarmedifw1.jpg
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**tpalkki** · Joined: 12 Oct 2006 Posts: 68 Location: Finland

Slowhand is right, 3-3-2-2-2 is the way to go.

1. 3, on the next yellow note
2. 3, on the second yellow note
3. 2, on the row of three red notes
4. 2, immediately
5. 2, --""--
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**thecaptainof** · Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 7571 Location: ¯\(°_o)/¯

**debr5836** · Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 1159 Location: Fort Collins, CO

spopt.pl optimized path for cantyouhearme.mid (medium)

File: cantyouhearme.mid
Solution Path: 3-3-2-2-2
Estimated Base score 32881
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 128315
Estimated SP Score 29668
Estimated Total Score 157983
Activations:
From meas 19.1250 (Y note) to meas 25.1250 (Y note) Score: 5408 ((23.0 + 4.0) * 200 )
From meas 72.6250 (B note) to meas 79.2500 (R note) Score: 6332 ((23.0 + 8.7) * 200 )
From meas 99.5000 (R note) to meas 104.8750 (G note) Score: 4776 ((20.0 + 3.9) * 200 )
From meas 116.5000 (R note) to meas 122.3750 (R note) Score: 6852 ((32.0 + 2.3) * 200 )
From meas 163.0000 (G note) to meas 168.5000 (B note) Score: 6300 ((26.0 + 5.5) * 200 )

**debr5836** · Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 1159 Location: Fort Collins, CO

spopt2.pl results for "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'" (gh2-ps2/medium) generated on 07/20/2007

lazy-whammy (156719) PNG TXT
no-squeeze (157851) PNG TXT
big-squeeze (157875) PNG TXT
nearly-ideal (158367) PNG TXT
upper-bound (158367) PNG TXT

KEY
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Lazy Whammy ---- No squeezing, all whammys start 0.5 beats late
No Squeeze ---- No squeezing, no early whammying
Big Squeeze ---- 80% of the max possible squeeze, no early whammying
Nearly Ideal ---- 80% of the max possible squeeze, 80% of the max possible early whammying
Upper Bound ---- 100% of the max possible squeeze, 100% of the max possible early whammying

big-squeeze path details
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File: cantyouhearme.mid
Solution Path: 4-2-2-2-2
Estimated Base score 32817
Estimated 4* cutoff 65634
Estimated 5* cutoff 91887
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 128299
Estimated SP Score 29576
Estimated Total Score 157875
Activations:
#1 From meas 33.6250 (G note) to meas 41.1250 (Y note) ( 33.1260- 41.1260) Score: 7160 (30.0+ 5.8)*200
#2 From meas 74.7214 (Y sust) to meas 79.2500 (R note) ( 74.7214- 79.1880) Score: 4488 (17.0+ 5.4)*200
#3 From meas 99.5000 (R note) to meas 104.8750 (G note) ( 99.4094-104.8760) Score: 4776 (20.0+ 3.9)*200
#4 From meas 116.5000 (R note) to meas 122.3750 (R note) (116.3760-122.3760) Score: 6852 (32.0+ 2.3)*200
#5 From meas 163.0000 (G note) to meas 168.5000 (B note) (162.7510-169.4177) Score: 6300 (26.0+ 5.5)*200

nearly-ideal path details
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File: cantyouhearme.mid
Solution Path: 3-3-2-2-2
Estimated Base score 32817
Estimated 4* cutoff 65634
Estimated 5* cutoff 91887
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 128299
Estimated SP Score 30068
Estimated Total Score 158367
Activations:
#1 From meas 19.1250 (Y note) to meas 25.1250 (Y note) ( 19.1240- 25.1240) Score: 5408 (23.0+ 4.0)*200
#2 From meas 72.6250 (B note) to meas 79.2500 (R note) ( 72.6541- 79.1880) Score: 6332 (23.0+ 8.7)*200
#3 From meas 99.1250 (R note) to meas 104.8750 (G note) ( 99.1464-104.8125) Score: 4976 (21.0+ 3.9)*200
#4 From meas 116.5000 (R note) to meas 122.7500 (R note) (116.5630-122.7002) Score: 7052 (33.0+ 2.3)*200
#5 From meas 163.0000 (G note) to meas 168.5000 (B note) (162.7510-169.8199) Score: 6300 (26.0+ 5.5)*200

upper-bound path details
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File: cantyouhearme.mid
Solution Path: 3-3-2-2-2
Estimated Base score 32817
Estimated 4* cutoff 65634
Estimated 5* cutoff 91887
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 128299
Estimated SP Score 30068
Estimated Total Score 158367
Activations:
#1 From meas 19.1250 (Y note) to meas 25.1250 (Y note) ( 19.1240- 25.1240) Score: 5408 (23.0+ 4.0)*200
#2 From meas 72.6250 (B note) to meas 79.2500 (R note) ( 72.6240- 79.1751) Score: 6332 (23.0+ 8.7)*200
#3 From meas 99.1250 (R note) to meas 104.8750 (G note) ( 99.1240-104.8412) Score: 4976 (21.0+ 3.9)*200
#4 From meas 116.5000 (R note) to meas 122.7500 (R note) (116.4997-122.6714) Score: 7052 (33.0+ 2.3)*200
#5 From meas 163.0000 (G note) to meas 168.5000 (B note) (162.7510-169.9205) Score: 6300 (26.0+ 5.5)*200

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