Cowboys From Hell

**GlowingHalo** · Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 468 Location: Pittsburgh, PA

Exodist, that's some advice! The drink actually helped me because it kept me from sweating so damn much and causing my hand to stick to the fret board. I finally posted my new score of 160-something. It's still a three star, but it's getting there. Now my hands need to rest... By the way, is there a special technique for the YBYRR sections?

For anyone who knows Dattebay17, his Texas Flood score was done by me just so he could be guitar god on Expert...

**hoosyourdaddy33** · Joined: 28 Jun 2006 Posts: 18

if you want to see some really good fingering then go on google video and search "sauce and gravy cowboys from hell" and a video should pop up. It is really good and kind of funny. The guy actually finges the ybyrrybyrr part as 2321123211 (watch his middle finger get ready for that part). I have tried it and it works pretty well, i just need more practice...

sorry for not having a link, but for some reason i cant get onto google video right now...

**Shadow** · Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 329

**Mordred** · Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 249 Location: Austin, TX

I seriously need help with the main riff. My 155K high score on this song was a complete fluke, and I've only scored in the 140s twice. I played the song 10x last night and got in the 120s twice, 130s 7x and 140 once. I had a 130 score hitting 89% of the notes. I cannot for the life of me figure the main riff out. In fact I got so fed up with the song that I played it twice without looking just on the off chance that maybe I could get the rhythm down better without distracting myself with the notes. I finished both runs with right around 115K (during one of them I picked up a star power during the main riff turned around and noticed I had a 4x multiplier going, but it didn't last long). So looking at the screen nets me about 15K extra points. Superb!

I feel like I've got the timing, but either I'm not moving my hands fast enough or my alt strumming isn't on the right tempo. It's just straight 8th notes right? I've tried runs where I just HO/PO and strumming every non red note but the red notes rarely register, I've tried down strumming every note (which seriously doesn't work), I've tried everything. I think I'll try it tonight without the music. That might do the trick.

I seemed to have a little bit better luck by trying to pause a split second before or after the first blue note (cause i seem to lose my combo there a lot) and it works sometimes, but sometimes throws off my rhythm for the rest. I'm just completely out of ideas.
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**spartan** · Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 12

I can alternate pick the first part of the solo but when it gets to the RYBO at the end of the drift, i lose it there and i can only hammer the end of it only a few times so i cants keep a good combo for the next drift. Any advice?

I did happen to get 20k more by alternate strumming, so all you people that just started out on cowboys learn on alternate strum! I'm finally to 160k so 15k more to go for a 4 star. Mr. Green

**catfish7** · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 927 Location: North Florida

The only advice for this song is play it ALOT for a few night in a row. It's very demoralizing to continuously get 3*s after 5s on everything else, but it's worth it once you nail it.

**Mordred** · Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 249 Location: Austin, TX

**spartan** · Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 12

Yes!! i finally 4 stared this thing, my score was 186,*** with 89% ill get a pic up. I know its FAR from the best but im glad i finally 4 stared it... now i gotto 5 star BaTM.

**rxbandit** · Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 35

I still need MAJOR help with the first 10% of the song.

I seriously just tried this thing at least 30 mother fucking times and couldn't get past 9%.
This is fucking bullshit, fuck this shit.

**Summ** · Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 135 Location: Helsinki, Finland

Hahaha... I just got 27251 from cowboys from hell... And, I still have Decontrol with 4 star omg. O_o

**Summ** · Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 135 Location: Helsinki, Finland

Um, I mean 272051 <_<

**thedatelessloser** · Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 120

This song is driving me nuts. It's the only song I have under 5 stars, and I'm so close. I'm at 239 thousand something, something. That's around 18 thousand away from 5 stars.

Does anyone know a star power path I can use that may get me those extra thousands?

**GlowingHalo** · Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 468 Location: Pittsburgh, PA

I need a good sp strategy here. Unless those damn HOPOs stop taking over (causing me to plink), I'll never make the five star. Any ideas?

God, my entire left pointer finger went completely numb playing this song too many times two weeks ago, and I still have no feeling in it...

**68K** · Joined: 16 Nov 2006 Posts: 1

I'd like to be able to complete it. Once. That's all.

Sodding main riff. I'm actually practicing it at work (obviously without a controller in my hands) to try and build up some muscle memory.

I've also never really alternate strummed. I've single strummed my way to a pass through every song on Expert except Cowboys From Hell.

Grr. And GHII comes out in the UK in a week. It'd be nice to complete CfH and get Guitar Legend before GHII takes over my life.