Guide to Using Practice Mode Effectively

**Macles007** · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 98

Very Nice.

You should also talk about the benefits of hyperspeed.

For instance I use hyperspeed 2 on FS, but when I practice a section on slow, I use HS 3 or 4.
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**zsjostrom35** · Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 2130 Location: Columbus, Ohio

**TheThirdDay** · Joined: 27 Mar 2008 Posts: 4357 Location: Toms River, NJ

Okay, here's the deal. I want to practice section c3 of Jordan's Solo C, or:

That starts half-way through the solo! Am I just supposed to just stare at the notes scrolling by that whole time, waiting for It to come? 'Cause I'm really impatient, and that's just not gonna fly.

Plus, all that time will really add up in the end...
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**zsjostrom35** · Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 2130 Location: Columbus, Ohio

Well, you obviously don't have to just sit there, but you probably shouldn't play past the beginning of measure 64 or so if you want to concentrate on the part you have marked. The main thing is that you're not letting extraneous pieces of the solo distract you from what you want to practice.

To be quite honest, I didn't exactly have the Jordan solo in mind when I wrote this guide; the whole "hit ONLY what you're practicing" thing was really meant to be applied more to a chorus-type section where the trouble spot repeats about four times (it's not much of a problem to wait for about two seconds in between them). As I mentioned to Peekay a page back or so, that's more of the sort of section that's likely for an intermediate-level player to develop a mental block. If you're at the point where Jordan Solo C is giving you mental problems rather than physical, you may be beyond the scope of this guide to help. At the very least, I can't say for sure whether the method will be any good for you, because I certainly can't hit the thing.
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**AlderDragon** · Joined: 23 Feb 2009 Posts: 258 Location: PA

Very nice guide you have here! I do have one bit of advice. For "locating the problem" that is, pinpointing which note you are missing on, I've found an excellent way of doing this is to record your gameplay for about 4 or 5 minutes on slow and full speeds. Then, play it back on the computer but slow it down to about half speed, or slower. You'll be able to see if you strummed too early, didn't hammer on fast enough, or missed the note entirely. Recording my hands and playing it back as also helped me out.

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**FretsOnFireGh2** · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 1636 Location: Nowhere, Virginia

I'll be honest, I skimmed through this so I really hope this wasn't already listed, but I just have a tip that I'd like to give.

When you're in practice mode, if you hit a section once using a new method you've come up with..DON'T STOP PLAYING IT. Especially with Dragonforce songs and whatnot. Heroes of Our Time Solo 2D is a good example...I used to one hand it and hit it like 1/4 times..and that was enough for me, so I stopped practicing it. I left it like that for a couple months and never bothered changing up my fingering, just relied on luck to hit it. This morning I took it to practice mode and came up with a technique to tap it, and now I hit it almost every time. Just because you can hit something doesn't always mean you've found a good method. Keep working on it until you can hit it easily every time. Also, tapping stuff rather than one handing it allows you to better memorize the section and know what's coming. For more complicated tapping patterns, it even allows you to memorize the section because you kinda HAVE to have it memorized to know how to tap it.
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**zsjostrom35** · Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 2130 Location: Columbus, Ohio

**GuitarGeek08** · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 3213

Do you have any tips for "practicing" for GH1? If so you should try and incorporate that in there somewhere.
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**DomCas** · Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 432 Location: Poland, Ohio

I could make this guide in 1 sentence.

Use practice mode for the parts you have trouble with until you get consistent.
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