Knights of Cydonia Hammer-On Section

**guitargod434** · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 114

I'm 13 and I have a remotely small hand which makes me struggle on the part in Knights Of Cydonia where it goes

for a while. I can sometimes hit every note but when I do, I feel like I could mess up any minute. I have also tried tapping the orange note and it works well. Would you reccomend tapping as a good technique?

P.S. I am about 30k away from a KoC 5*

At first I spelled Cydonia like Cydona but then fixed it later. Wooo, talk about embarassing
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**milertime927** · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:03 am Post subject:

I'm fairly young too and have extremely small hands for my age on top of that, so I know how you feel. Personally, I tap this with ease. Index finger of strumming hand goes on highest fret of each triplet. For the 2nd and 3rd (always next to each other) notes use index and middle on your fretting hand. Its cake, really easy to change frets w/ your tapping hand this way. I play the first triplet normally and move my strumming hand up for the 2nd orange note.

**guitargod434** · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 114

**Hycran** · Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 52

I've got big hands but i just go from second position to first, sliding the pointer finger and come back down. Perhaps that will circumvent the problem of puberty

**NightlyCrab** · Joined: 26 Nov 2007 Posts: 692 Location: Minneapolis,MN

I tap that part as well. Works for me.

**milertime927** · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:29 am Post subject:

**SuomiMetal** · Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 527 Location: MO

I play it by having my hand in :RYBO: position and play

note with my pinky and

and

with my index, by sliding. It's a simple pattern, really. You do 3 of those

and then a

. It's all patterned like that, and once you learn how to slide your index from

to

, you'll get a lot better at it.

**WiseOldUnicorn** · Joined: 19 Aug 2007 Posts: 173 Location: Macon, GA

I can't always keep a combo going in that part, but I just slide my index finger from second position to first and back. But hey, if tapping works for you, go for it.
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**shiznid12** · Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 53

EASY. I feel special doing this part... however, you have to be able to stretch your hand from green to orange.

I constantly hold green through the entire section with my index finger.... then use my middle finger to hit any red, ring to hit any yellow, and pinky to hit the orange. Doing it this way will usually produce a sort of galloping sound with your fingers, hence the name of the section. I always combo this part, never miss a note.

However, if you have small hands... You would probably have trouble =(

**BigSnatch** · Joined: 08 Jul 2007 Posts: 1569

EASIEST WAY TO DO THIS SECTION. EVER:

Hold down

with your strumming hand index finger. Use your entire fretting hand for the rest of frets. This was the first section I ever tapped in any GH and it was incredibly easy. The notes go by so slowly that the only time you will miss is if you go too fast.
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**MisterMixelpix** · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 2882

**-suicide-** · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:40 am Post subject:

im 12 and i 5* starred it
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