Band and DDR

xDDR.Crazed.Kittyx · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 4:57 pm Post subject:

I*ve been in school band for about 5 years now, It doesn*t help you any. I know some people that have tried playing it, and they just can*t and they don*t understand the game at all

[sync] · Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:25 am Post subject:

i dont think it really does. ive been in band to and i still find some rythms confusing (like vanity angel for instance)
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deathbystereo · Basic Member Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Location: Renton WA!!

Im in cross country, doesnt help with music or timing or anything like that but i hardly get tired

DJ Tenku · Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:36 pm Post subject:

I wouldn't exactly say it does. Sure, you get the concept a lot faster; I know I did just by lookin' at the screen, but it doesn't mean you'll be a better ddrist.
But it helped me to keep on the beat whilst marching, and help me sight read faster and better, like Lunartick.

Liquid Zero · Trick Member Joined: 11 Apr 2003

I highly doubt that Band helps with DDR. I even doubt that dancing helps with DDR.

The simple matter is: you have to play DDR to help with DDR. Sure, Band can help with beat comprehension, but you won't ever follow through with your skill unless you practice stepping in relation to seeing arrows. Simple as that.

Band doesn't really have much relation outside beat comprehension, which I doubt is enough to consider as an independent method of getting better at DDR. To be quite honest, I see band more as a group containing a LOT of DDR players (at least, in my community, which includes every band team in it), which could benefit in the social motivation...but that could go with many things.

I think Track does better justice than Band. After all, your leg endurance is much more important of the gameplay.

eyebrowsoffire · Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 2:17 pm Post subject:

goatman596 · Trick Member Joined: 17 Oct 2004 Location: Tucson, AZ

I actually think band does help. In DDR you react to arrows while keeping a beat and/or latently absorbing the song. If you are stepping to the melody, then you have to be able to hear that melody. I think musicians are used to listening to music as they are doing other things, like playing their instrument, and reading their music.

I know a lot of band people, and as a general rule, the better musicians pick up the game quicker. And they can go further. The one exception that I know, who is an amazing player, is amazed by how quickly the band people are catching up to her in skill.