My Curse as an Endurance Builder

**EvilMunky** · Joined: 16 Sep 2007 Posts: 574 Location: Barre, VT

Hi all,

I just did first run through of My Curse [Expert] (95% sightread O_o) and I just gotta say wow. Both my fretting hand and my strumming hand are feeling the burn as the saying goes. Fret-wise your fingers are moving all over the fretboard constantly and your strums are at constant fast pace pretty much throughout the entire song (except for the brief sections of galloping triplets).

Anyway, I'm thinking of using this song as an endurance builder for other fast paced songs. Has anyone used this song this way, or have I perhaps stumbled on to something somewhat new?
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**AdamHero** · Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 1249 Location: Vermont

I don't play My Curse very often, my endurance builder is The Way it Ends. Knights of Cydonia also works.
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**Matttu** · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:07 am Post subject:

Very good point about My Curse, I haven't played it much lately but you're right. Especially on the ending, I downstrum it and by the end, my hand is dead.
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**PotatoHandle** · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:18 am Post subject:

My strumming hand is fine, this only songs that really plays on my endurance are The way it Ends and Knights of Cydonia if I play them a couple of times.

However, the outro to My Curse brings me to the brink of my cramping tolerance every time on my fretting hand. It usually finishes just as I'm about to give into the pain. I have actually been meaning to take it to practice and trying to minimize my hand movement during it, so that I don't have to have it happen every time someone chooses it on pro-face-off.
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**TheRaw** · Joined: 05 Dec 2007 Posts: 779 Location: On my throne.

My Curse can kill your fretting hand and, if you downstrum the whole ending, your strumming hand as well.

However, I have to agree that KoC and The Way it Ends work much better for strumming endurance.
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**Akaleth** · Joined: 22 Dec 2007 Posts: 915 Location: Saratoga, NY

I suppose you could look at it that way. I downstrum most of the song (the only parts I don't are the

or any part similar.) Everything else in the song I downstrum (minus the fast whatever-it's-called parts that have 15 quick Y's, R's or G's.) I never really found a difference in my downstrumming endurance, since I've pretty much developed that as far as my body will let me. I've pretty much downstrummed anything that can be done that fast since the first GH.

I've used it more as a fretting exercise more than anything, and it actually looks FCable by my suck-tastic skills.
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**MelodyMan23** · Joined: 06 Apr 2007 Posts: 11

Just downstrum FCPREMIX to build hand strength. Thats what I do.

**GuitarHeroFaLife** · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:35 pm Post subject:

i had to take a 5 min break in the middle of Black Sunshine.

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**Dante67** · Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 75

Yea the ending reminds me of Freya big time but I usually alt strum it to much success (98% on average for outro). The Way It Ends is much better then Knights of Cydonia to begin with. I'm using it as a way of training for Knights to be honest :P.
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**Auriscope** · Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 1402

Step 1: Learn "My Curse" and don't kill your hand.
Step 2: Learn "The Way It Ends"
Step 3: Back to back for the KO in pro-faceoff!
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**Bored42** · Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 34 Location: Idklol

The first few times I tried this on expert my hand hurt so bad it was just one of these songs where I just wanted to get through, never to be played again unless I think I can do better

But as an endurance builder? Who would've thought...

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**f4phantom2500** · Joined: 15 Mar 2007 Posts: 2885

from what i can tell, i think knights of cydonia would be better; i altstrum my curse by default, but knights of cydonia's strumming is fast no matter how you cut it. plus the 'galloping triplet' section of knights is, i would think, as tiring as my curse. but that's probably because that when i play normal style i'm better at upscales than downscales.

but yeah i see your point...if you downstrum my curse and, like most people, find upscales more challenging than downscales, this would be a definite ball buster.
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**jeffo2448** · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 1171

Endurance Building Songs:

My Curse
Number of the Beast (downstrumming)
Misirlou
Knights of Cydonia
The Way It Ends
F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X. (this one kills me sometimes)
Freya
Before I Forget
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