No One Knows - Hard/Expert

**GuitarRanger** · Joined: 24 Jun 2006 Posts: 101 Location: Southwest Michigan

Yes, you're thinking I didn't pass it. No, I passed it and I noticed something that helped me nail the G - GR and R - RB part. It may be useful only for hard where the sustains aren't the same tempo as the note - chord switches, but I couldn't even get the sustains on expert. But the G-GR? Nailed all of them almost every time. This may not make much sense and I don't have any reason why it would work...but when the G-GR part came, I focused my eyes on the top of the scroller where all of the notes are coming down and I got the timing perfect.

Maybe somebody else should try this? Might just help me out or something. This song was harder for me to pass than Crossroads, Godzilla, Texas Flood, and Frankenstein until I tried this out. A little odd huh? Either way, looks like Cowboys From Hell will make me finally learn double strumming just to pass it...

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**FinalHero** · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 23

**HellAshes** · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 8320 Location: Livingston, NY

I used Breaking Wheel to help me learn alternate strumming. I failed a lot, but I'm perfect at it.

**Hellion42** · Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 8:20 pm Post subject: Re: No One Knows - Hard/Expert

**Icerift** · Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:02 pm Post subject:

I just passed CFH on expert this Thursday. All it took was practice for the finger placement on the buttons and a lot of really fast down strumming. My score was horrifying and my hand hurt like hell afterwards, but I beat it without double strumming a single passage.
Now BATM is the song that's gonna make have to learn how to double strum. I wouldn't have made it through the song if I hadn't.

**Anthony** · Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 659 Location: Cali

I must be a monster down-strummer, because I passed CFH and BatM pretty easily. Once I started alternating I got much better scores, though.
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**GuitarRanger** · Joined: 24 Jun 2006 Posts: 101 Location: Southwest Michigan

Whether I have to learn it or not...blah. It would just be better to learn it. Mr. Green

How do you guys hold the strum bar for alternate strumming? Thumb on top and pointer on bottom was the most comfortable I could get, and it didn't feel too great.
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**kriller** · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:04 am Post subject:

**dspoonrt** · Joined: 20 Feb 2006 Posts: 2449 Location: Columbus, OH

Yeah, I've 5 starred it on Hard and Expert downstrumming. It's just easier for a lot of people to alternate strum it. Easier to hit the really fast parts and much less tiring to boot. Even though I don't alternate strum too often, I would encourage learning how to do it.
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**HylianHero** · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 4673 Location: Santa Cruz, CA

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

Believe it or not, on the G-GR part I close my eyes and do it solely on the rhythm. If I look, I usually screw up.

Speaking of CBfH and BaTM on expert, I finally passed CBfH (barely) and got 98% through BaTM and failed. Ninety effing eight percent!

**heathalynne** · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 59 Location: jersey girl

thanks for the tip guys. i finally 4* hard and passed X yesterday.

the up and down/double strumming really worked!
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**darksidegohan** · Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:12 pm Post subject:

**IEatGlue** · Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:19 pm Post subject:

i can only make it about 73% through, lol
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**b3nz0r** · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 972 Location: Harker Heights, TX