Institutionalized

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

**Azuarc** · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 1389 Location: Philadelphia

I'm really playing on hard, but I'm betting I'll get more attention here...

My issue with this song is hitting the three choruses, strangely enough. It seems like the first one goes by without a hitch, but when making the transition into the "I'm not crazy! Institution!" part, I often slip on the second chorus and *always* on the third one. Are these parts actually different? I tried playing them in practice and they look the same, but they still didn't play the same. What gives?

**b3nz0r** · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 972 Location: Harker Heights, TX

If anyone happens to be having trouble with the triplet part, it's easy once you shift back and forth.

GY YB GY (shift up) RB BO RB (shift back down) GY YB GY (shift back up) etc.
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**catfish7** · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 927 Location: North Florida

**Atremains** · Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Posts: 648 Location: Western Mass

**Metalmuppet** · Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 3:41 am Post subject:

Hmmmmm...... Who's got an SP path for this song?
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**catfish7** · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 927 Location: North Florida

Never use it during slow parts, play through the song one time to know where SP phrases are in the chorus and don't miss any of those.

**eman2101** · Joined: 10 Oct 2006 Posts: 210

I use 4-3-2-1-2, but I am the absolute worst at SP Paths, so take it for what it's worth.

Obviously if you can hit some of those solos you'll want to use em there sometimes, but my path pretty much focuses on getting all the easy stuff under x8.

**sluggo** · Joined: 07 Nov 2006 Posts: 850

I've been using 2-2-3-2-3, which is basically 4-3-2-1-2 with two changes:

(2) if you trigger ASAP after the first 2 SPs, you can use it on all the 16th notes and have it run out right when the next SP phrase starts.

(2) whammy fully and use in the first chorus, before the next SP phrase starts.

(3) the third SP is right at the start of the 2nd verse, followed by the triplets.

(2) you should be able to get 2 more SPs by the middle of the 2nd chorus. Trigger ASAP and you'll finish before the next SP at the end of the chorus.

(3) You can split these 1-2 if you like, but since I screw up so much of the 3rd verse, I tend to save all three (basically a full SP bar) for the end chorus, where I can get a good streak going.

I have no idea if this is optimal (I still suck at the verses), but it seems like a pretty good path. As it stands, I generally shoot for 100k per verse/chorus; if I'm averaging 70K, I'll usually just start over.

**sluggo** · Joined: 07 Nov 2006 Posts: 850

What the hell was I thinking?

I can't keep a combo going in the verses, so starting out with 2-2 wasn't doing much for my scores. But using a 4-3-2-3 pattern and nailing all three choruses, I tacked 45k on to my score and jumped 60 spots.
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**COBW3BB** · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:58 am Post subject:

I'm in 3rd with the 2-2-3-2-3, and that's with me missing the 16th notes near the beginning, and some other parts too.
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**UTofPojo** · Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Posts: 1269

It's not that I can't own this song, it's just that this song really takes a serious toll on my hand.

**Tahmer** · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:27 am Post subject:

Some visual Aid would be nice because i'm retarded when it comes to text SP paths.
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**Piso** · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:05 am Post subject:

**Ericular** · Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 209 Location: Ramsey, MN

Holy balls, how could ES ever have FC'd this song. What a monster.