Re: SotW - Maple Leaf Rag
I know, I pretty much said the same thing, that I'm probably not good enough to tell how well it matches. That's also why I said you can just ignore my comments. I basically knew they wouldn't match the majority of people who can pass the song and get good scores. I probably shouldn't even comment when I know that's going to be the case. Unless people care what the song seems like to people who are below it's level, and I don't think they do, my opinion is hardly worth anything. Frankly, I still think some arrows are coming out of the left hand bass/harmony/accompaniment part and not the right hand melody part, but given my lack of FFR skill, I could be wrong on this, too.
If playing FFR were like reading music notes, I wouldn't have a problem. Reading arrows here is different enough though that it's hard for me to tell exactly what's going on with faster/harder songs. I expect that I'll get better with practice, and I have made progress, but I don't play often or long enough to be as good as the experts here. I'm OK with it, but it does seem to make a kind of second-class citizen. *shrug*
P.S. -- I gave it another try and did pass it this time . . . miserably, but I did reach the end. As with about half of the songs on FFR, it's just too hard for me to do well at my current skill level. (If you've noticed, I readily admit that I'm not a very good player. I know it.) As a kind of random side note, doubles on 16th notes almost always screw me up.
Originally posted by Tasselfoot
If playing FFR were like reading music notes, I wouldn't have a problem. Reading arrows here is different enough though that it's hard for me to tell exactly what's going on with faster/harder songs. I expect that I'll get better with practice, and I have made progress, but I don't play often or long enough to be as good as the experts here. I'm OK with it, but it does seem to make a kind of second-class citizen. *shrug*
P.S. -- I gave it another try and did pass it this time . . . miserably, but I did reach the end. As with about half of the songs on FFR, it's just too hard for me to do well at my current skill level. (If you've noticed, I readily admit that I'm not a very good player. I know it.) As a kind of random side note, doubles on 16th notes almost always screw me up.
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