sikened wrote:
I've always been a slow tapper, and since I stopped alternating I can't seem to physically hit the key on my keyboard fast enough to do most streams. Is there a trick to tapping quickly I can try or some sort of finger exercises I can do? The fastest I could get on this site with one finger was about 340bpm
http://www.all8.com/tools/bpm.htm
Edit: I think it'd be cool to hear what you guys get on that site (or any bpm calculator) to see what the general speed is.
You take a look through this thead.
p/2159804Generally the beats you single tap on maps are 1/2 notes, so for example, a 200bpm song would have singles that you would come at 400bpm (but no-one refers to that like that).
I can single tap mouse 1/2 notes for around 240 bpm for around 7 notes. For patterns longer than 8 singles, it's more like 210bpm. I've been single tapping basically since I started.
I'm not sure about other people, but here's how I pushed my effective single tap from 180 to 200bpm over a few weeks.
Start with a speed like 140 bpm, and ramp up in interals of ten, and try to tap twice for every tick.
1. For the speeds just above your limit, you are trying to hit 3 notes such that the first and third note coincide with the ticks.
2. For things at and below your limit, you are trying to play 5, 7, 9, and longer chains while keeping in time and not tensing. At speeds significantly below your limit you should be aiming to be able to tap for as long as you want.
http://a.bestmetronome.com/Now, try to do the above except with moving your mouse in a up and down motion, as if you were hitting a alternating triplet, 5-let, etc. I found up and down to the easiest, after that try side to side, diagonal, then 3 in a consecutive line, then basically anything you can imagine. Doing this will help your hand get used to moving in time at higher speeds.
You can also do the same on a random osu song by pausing it with notes on screen, putting the cursor to the edge, and resuming. You can used the notes on screen as mock "targets" for the above practice.
Now for the actual osu. Other people may just say skip to this part (as long as you are warmed up). Play a song that's abit above what you can single tap (you still must be close enough to accurately attempt it) AND has very easy spacing. Typically the "hard" difficulties of higher bpm songs will have low spaced singles. After doing this for a few songs, go back down in bpm to a song that was right at your limit. It'll feel like you've made a decent amount of progress.
