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Looking for maps to practice tap-hand control(alternating)

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Endaris
Hi there!

I've pretty much started playing osu! 2 weeks ago. I used to play with mouse-only-singletapping when I played osu! in the past(like once every 6 months). Now I started off with more enthusiasm using the keyboard and alternating between index and middle finger cause it just feels natural. That much about me. (ofc i read the alternating vs singletapping threads)
Now I reached a skilllevel where I can comfortably FC most maps up to ~2,1 stars first try. While I found my mousehand and visual perception drastically improving there don't seem to be many maps I can train my tap-hand-control on.
Reason seems to be the following:
Compared to easy maps most normal/hard maps get their increased difficulty from the following adjustments:
-higher AR/OD/CS/Drain
-introducing triplets/doubletaps
-a bit harder jumps
-more space in general between single notes

all of which doesn't really help my tap-hand gaining more control as triplets and doubletaps are usually easy cake and most maps at this level use patterns where sliders and single notes alternate which gives my fingers rest and time to react unlike singletappers.

to get to the point finally:
I'm looking for maps with a majority of singlenotes that switch between different rhythmic patterns, don't have too many sliders in between and aren't above 3 stars(That's roughly the difficulty where I start getting distracted too much by other problems depending on the map). Sort of streamy patterns are also fine.

To give you some examples what i'm searching for:
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/31950 (160 Circles, 53 Slider)
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/29034 (178 Circles, 34 Slider)
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/46002 (226 Circles, 42 Slider)

Even though I can pass all of them I'm struggling a lot with keeping a good/full combo and decent accuracy without practicing the song so I don't have to read the rhythm anymore. Which is why I want more of this maptype so I don't get used to the maps.

Thanks already for reading this unnecessarily long starting post, I'm waiting for your answers ;)

PS: In b4 to any "switch to singletap it's easier"-answer: I'll stick with alternating for now as I'm not planning to get #1 anytime soon. And sorry for my "not that good" english.
popc0rn
zts - far should help you out, as well as being a beautiful map+song
dai - kururi has a little more complex rhythm but you should be able to handle it quite easily
Igorrr - Dentist has an even more complex rhythm but the map is easier to compensate
Hope I helped c:
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pandaBee
Topic Starter
Endaris
@nedia: when playing the first two i thought you misunderstood my request as both maps are very sliderheavy and i happened to FC them both at not so bad accuracy (95% and 98%) however the last one has a really good spot in the middle of the map that i didn't figure out yet but i think it will still help me with my consistency once i got it down. Nonetheless the first two are good maps anyway and i'll play them again, thank you! ;)

@[ Momiji ]: The first one is really good to test/train my consistency! The other two are too sliderheavy to be very useful but still thanks for your help :)

Dunno if you actually looked at the beatmaps i posted but they have noticeably more circles than sliders, i think i'm going to edit the numbers in the OP so you get an idea which density of circles makes me pace.

@pandaBee: the sliders are just short enough to keep me from preparing the next note too much and the rhythm is fun and interesting and makes for some patterns im not used to therefore it's really good for practice, thank you!
dung eater
it might help you in long term if you learn to do the maps singletapping with both fingers and alternating, too

if nothing else you'll grow up to be a wizard with 2 mostly independent fingers
Topic Starter
Endaris
Actually i've toyed around with both fingers trying to single tap. On maps in my comfortzone my accuracy drops like ~3-5% with singletapping and i'm much more likely to drop the combo somewhere
Another problem is that when you're single tapping fast your hand tenses, your finger kicks the keyboard harder and when doing this with your middle finger you automatically cause a displacement of your index finger cause your middle finger is longer. So even if i built some speed/stamina with my middle finger alone it would be sort of worthless cause the movement contradicts the movement of alternating.
to avoid this i'd have to alternate between index and ringfinger(which i just tried on some maps) but it feels awkward like i couldnt go as fast as with index+middle which is probably due to the fact that my middlefinger is somewhat in the way:
i either have to use a less orthogonal keycontact so my middle finger can lay relaxed on the key between(which sucks cause the angle is worse to press the key rapidly) or i have to stretch it away all the time(which looks there's someone at the ceiling i really don't like). The last option would be to make a hole into my keyboard so i can lay it down without it interfering but i'm not sure about it :D
However if i would seriously consider it, i would probably choose the free space between arrow up and the 1 at numblock as that's really the only space big enough(arrow up+right shift would be bad cause shift is so big).
I mean my ~5 runs didn't show an inferiority of index+ring at all but i think that's mainly because i'm not at the speedlevel yet.
In theory index+ring should also be harder to control because the feedback one finger gives to the other is smaller even though it's much more comfortable.

But I guess we went a bit off-topic there! :D
Even with index+ring I'd still need practice maps for alternating as it's a matter of consistency and I can't practice with random maps when 95% of the maps I'm able to do have at least as many sliders as circles! Obviously this statistic is faked but it is how it looks to me so far.
I'll be very happy about other maps you can give me ;)
sppink
coming from an alt player to just keep playing harder songs that make ur fingers work. they will get faster and u will have more control as time goes on. i use to be really bad at double notes if there were more than 2 sets of them. now its one of the things im best at. just keep playing ur fingers will just naturally get better
ZenithPhantasm
Start slow when alternating.
cheezstik
Daisuke Achiwa - BASARA

I'd also suggest hanzer maps, but they might be a bit out of your difficulty range.
Topic Starter
Endaris
thanks for your suggestion! had some reading problems and the map is impossible for me without halftime+nofail but exactly what i've been looking for!
With hanzer maps I guess you're adressing maps of this user? I'll keep them in mind and see how far I get with HT+NF
Topic Starter
Endaris
Didn't really find a rule that prohibits bumping unless it's a necro therefore I'm bringing this back to page 1!
fyi: The difficulty range of maps i can play without looking like a complete idiot has increased to ~3,5 stars.
Sojana
u were looking for maps with many singles right?

https://osu.ppy.sh/b/154357?m=0 (try with halftime)
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/223036&m=0
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/496346&m=0
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/81043&m=0
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/96006&m=0

That's all like 3,5star range except the first one, single heavy ones I found.
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