Everything you need to know about osu! taiko | Taiko beginner tutorial

Twitch: / mustdrumservice
My osu profile: osu.ppy.sh/users/2874459
Heyo! My name is MustDrumService and I love osu! taiko. Today I dicided to create a tutorial for Taiko, because I remember how hard it was at the bottom. I hope this taiko guide will help you, and in the end you will know how to taiko.
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#osu #taiko
What is in the video:
00:00 Introduction
00:13 What is taiko?
00:35 How to play it?
02:03 Your first map
02:28 Quick tips section
03:45 Your first week
04:01 Taiko diffs
05:50 Your second week
06:20 How score works in taiko
07:55 Time to play muzukashii
08:15 TBT taiko pattern training, how to deal with patterns
11:38 Taiko playstyles
13:23 How PP system works
14:53 Mods and how they influence PP
16:15 End

[@MustDrumService]

lol wow, it's almost 50k, thank you a lot boys and girls. I donno if I can keep this channel alive but thanks for subs :)

[@joelg1290]

Bing bong. Reach top 1k when?

[@Ztamer]

my brain: Don my eyes: Don my hand: *KAT*

[@Sassybng]

mood

[@catto_]

this ^

[@riyusakaa_]

YES

[@Alex-xb5hf]

Same

[@gneuis]

@Lokiloki lokiloki shut

[@TheCubicLog]

my brain: alright hand, you gotta do blue blue red then red blue red blue ... got that? hand: red blue blue red red blue red

[@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe]

Lol that's literally me, although it happens less often the more I play

[@jordim1522]

hey pretty good editing, props

[@MustDrumService]

Thanks bud

[@MustDrumService]

Hey, everyone! Thank you all for the comments and subscribe button hits. Now I have to deal with some things in university, sooo, new video about keyboards will be here before New Year, I hope. Love y'all

[@white_snakes3918]

Don't mind me. I just wanna say thank you for getting me interested in taiko. It's super fun, and it takes a lot of time to learn, but when you get an SS on a map it's soooo satisfying. Keep up the good content. You really deserve more views and exposure.

[@MustDrumService]

@@white_snakes3918 Hey, you're welcome

[@ACrawford00]

Yo this is sick. This is by far the best Taiko video I have seen! I’ve been wanting to get into Taiko but muscle memory and reading sideways is hard.

[@MustDrumService]

Heey, thank you

[@allorus727]

@@MustDrumService> play everyday now, still seems true

[@lyon_665]

bruh i needed this like a solid 4 months ago. well im glad it exists now.

[@zubat911]

OMG, you are awesome! Thank you for the vid, everything is crystal clear and the montage is godlike.

[@yea1]

You deserve waaaay more subs and views. (taiko deserves way more attention too)

[@MustDrumService]

We will fight to bring attention to taiko

[@riyusakaa_]

Taiko is VERY famous in Hong Kong，Japan, Taiwan and some Asia countries

[@naxmerr7274]

way better editing than i expected, also the pattern maps helped me a lot! thanks

[@MustDrumService]

You are welcome!

[@Vastald]

I've always played taiko ever since it would arrive on the platforms I owned, and now just got it on the Switch after a sale. I couldn't do the more difficult patterns and didn't bother learning them, but now I want to challenge myself since I love rhythm games. This video, the script, your energy, the editing: it's perfect. I hope you make more content! Stay safe!

[@erganapie]

I learnt so much with this video, thx. Also I love how it is edited, congrats!

[@MustDrumService]

Thanks!

[@eduardoeugenio8888]

Hey, I started in Muse Dash, and coming from there I use KKDD, and it feels pretty comfortable, although I still have problems with reading in general. I still can't really play 3+ stars but I have pretty decent acc for the maps I play. I don't know how much it helps me for the stamina, but I'm actually ambidextrous. I really enjoyed seeing a more experienced player ginving tips, seeing how rare it is to see people doing this, thank you a lot.

[@MustDrumService]

Hey! Thank you for such a feedback. What a coincidence, video about Muse Dash is coming in a few days :p And I used kddk there, such a cool game. It is strange tho, taiko is easier to read than muse dash (well, at least if talk about 9+ maps)

[@eduardoeugenio8888]

@@MustDrumService well, I don’t know why, but I just have more trouble translating colors to imputs than I have translating position to position (I make the top row my left hand, and the bottom row my right). That’s why I believe I do a lot better in muse dash than taiko. There I can at least pass any map, and can fc most 9* maps, just having trouble when it comes to rhythm complex ones that are at 11* like ourovoros and chrome vox. Curious to see what you have to say about Muse Dash!

[@isaachester8475]

@@eduardoeugenio8888 Agreed. Seeing the beats separated by space is so much easier than seeing them separated by color on the same line

[@1.3mviews64]

12:45 As someone who used to play KKDD, I would highly advice against using it. Some people will progress faster in the game using KKDD/DDKK, but you will inevitably hit a wall around 4.5 stars. Accuracy is very difficult, and streaming destroys your hands.

[@m_11y75]

not fax, i've been playing ddkk the entire time i've been playing taiko and being able to directly consult a top 250 kddk player, i can clearly say, that playstyle only affects how comfortable certain patterns are. acc and stamina are for you personally to develop, don't blame it on your playstyle.

[@1.3mviews64]

@@m_11y75 I don't agree, but I respect your opinion.

[@m_11y75]

@@1.3mviews64 understandable

[@auroraphasmata1651]

I disagree, making it to Top 250 as ddkk. Heck, I started with maps around 4.5, albeit they were converts and I retry-spammed them because I only knew 3 anime songs that had maps in osu at that time.

[@megasocky]

I used to do kddk but when theres fast parts with kddk its hard to do those rolls because i have to mentally prepare for them. Right now i do ddkk though

[@le_beks]

2:55 - That Rude Buster map looks familiar hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@DefaultGuy1]

Yeah, I wonder who mapped it

[@MustDrumService]

hmmmmmmmmmmm, no idea, but we will find out for sure

[@geniousOG]

Mira quien me pillo acá

[@DrateGon]

Finally I can get tips from taiko player with experience. I love it. Thank you!

[@2218.]

Wow, I wish I had a video like this when I started playing. Great work dude! :)

[@MustDrumService]

Hey, thanks!

[@e1ord323]

this video talked about everything i had difficulty with. Absolute banger of a video man! you have got my respects

[@MustDrumService]

Thanks and good luck with the game!

[@user-vr2yn6qu4g]

Nice to see kkhta fan there

[@danielgeld9813]

This video is SO good, props to you

[@arpitez]

I love your editing (and thanks for the tips)

[@MustDrumService]

You're welcome!

[@lucamariano1401]

damn nice editing and nice video bro! keep it up!

[@MustDrumService]

I'll definetly keep this up!

[@alexander-kr8yt]

this really clears things up for me. thanks

[@pyrosaurus_rex7343]

Holy cow the production quality. This is your first video? Great job.

[@MustDrumService]

Well, I've been editing videos for a while, I have like 3 or 4 youtube channels in my graveyard, so yeah xd

[@HaryXD]

subscribed keep doing great content like this 👌

[@MustDrumService]

YOOOO, 10k views. Thank you so much for this, boys and girls. Don't forget to check out my other videos :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYHcmJdmobB9m9k kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipa1YZKVZ9GDiqM

[@harmonicposting]

your editing is really good!

[@CacoPholey]

Pro tip to learn KDDK full alt: alternate on slow sections to build the muscle memory, then work on alternating longer and faster sections

[@buba278]

what a great video man good job

[@flrowo]

nice video just somethings about mods: 15:11 HT is does not decrease by 1.5x, it actually decreases by 1.333... times, making it 3/4 times the speed of the no mod map it is different from DT, that increases by 1.5x (3/2 times of the no mod speed) so 100bpm + DT = 150 and 100bpm + HT = 75 14:58 EZ makes the scroll velocity slower and the OD smaller (just because the OD is smaller, it gives less PP) 15:21 HR makes the opposite of EZ, so that's why it gives more PP if there is no changes to OD (for example OD 0 + EZ or OD 10 + HR), then they are not going to give more PP

[@GB-sm7wb]

Nice thanks!

[@milquetoast7618]

I only realised today that I rank in the top 250 for osu taiko in my country, so I've only come to watch this video after four years of playing osu taiko. funny how I self taught my way through it and then when I come here it's all exactly as I've learned it on my own. The advice about alternating between hands instead of just your dominant one was useful, thanks!

[@Male_Parent]

I play mania but learning taiko might be pretty fun. Thanks for the beginner guide. For me the hardest part is learning the sideways scrolling. I could just turn my monitor sideways but I think that'd be considered cheating kek. Reading skill issue mainly. Then I gotta quickly learn patterns and learn to recognize it.

[@tristebateleur2384]

very helpful! thank you so much! love from belgium

[@shuc1337]

I’ll add on that the No Fail mod really doesn’t do anything because in Taiko you don’t die midway through a song like the other game modes. Sure, you can be at 0HP for most of the song, but you can play right to the very end before you fail.

[@MustDrumService]

Some players use no fail to get themselfs in top scores of new songs so it has sense a little

[@Lucas-mq2pd]

Great video man!

[@ERA_Punish]

the fact that taiko has multiple colors to pay attention to confuses the mania 4 key main that is me, big oof

[@MitsuboshiHikaru]

im planning to become a all around player and play all gamemodes, but for some reason im struggling in taiko, this vid helps me a lot

[@melonani9611]

I’m your 400th sub: 😁 you really deserve it

[@Descriptiii]

Nice video!!! That'll help me get better

[@Descriptiii]

kkdd/ddkk is good for high bpm plays too! yeah its true that kkdd players have problems with acc because I'm a kkdd player xD! Very informative!

[@dryoxzy]

As a DDKK main, i can confirm your acc is usually pretty low and (at least for me) fast patterns and high bpms are very hard. but it can get used to. (its a bit easier for me as im also a mania player)

[@mccninja_]

this is amazing video combining info with funny haha

[@Hobowithayoyo]

One thing i'd say is that while most converted maps from standard to taiko are bad, they tend to be lower difficulty but with higher od compared to lower star taiko specific maps, so they can be useful to train accuracy.

[@Fynbi]

i honestly started playing taiko just because i like farming (leaderboards and pp) on converted maps. this video would definitely have helped me back then, but oh well... what can i do lol and yeah, great video btw :>

[@GabeFruit]

yo thx my dude this really helps

[@apaajaboleh104]

Nice video.

[@dauxgaming577]

The guide I needed

[@Charlie-hv3dh]

Great tutorial!

[@vollleyballcourt]

Dude thank you. I have trouble with the notes that are super close

[@bobdemetriuson]

i follow guide and am good now, tjamk you drumming service

[@rottenfleur]

thanks dude! :D

[@Die3bestenFreunde]

Thanks a lot! :)

[@xgoom1234]

Good video! hoping to learn Taiko

[@xkristiyan1886]

Good job!

[@megadesu69]

I'm kind of amazed you can play well with a mechanical keyboard with that much key travel. I bought myself an external numpad just for this :P

[@iskdm]

I couldn’t understand how taiko worked but your explanation was pretty good

[@user-pd1zv9mr5n]

Бра, инфа топ! Спасибо большое!

[@MustDrumService]

брах, пожалуйста

[@mahiro5867]

this brings me back to when I used to even play.

[@Waldsterben]

Oh my god is this Jameskii but in osu

[@yunisdead]

thank you so much sir.

[@celoluuna7314]

nice video

[@adanfx]

thank you

[@MustDrumService]

You're welcome :)

[@asteroise7469]

thank you, cya in a week

[@lukili8462]

good video! i wouldve needed smth like this back in 2017 when i started to prevent me from playin ddkk x) i regret

[@osudude.3783]

I think this is a great tutorial, I play Standart and Mania, But I din't know how the heck nice that mode is. Time to start a new Journey lol

[@ColdMilo]

Love this video, Just need to get better at taiko XD

[@cheri1110]

where has this been all my life----

[@Tomek1949]

The red circles are called Don and the blue circles are called Kat btw!

[@johnquincyadams7456]

MAN UR A GOD I'M GETTING GOOD AT TAIKO THANKS 😎🙏🏻

[@muratoy8729]

Хороший чел, позитивный

[@MustDrumService]

в натуре

[@highqualitypotatopc7360]

im not bored of the circles i just wanna play the korone yubi map i found

[@auroraphasmata1651]

I don't know why I watched this entire video when I know how to play Taiko, but it's a really good video. I felt a little embarrassed when I was doing everything you said not to, like playing converted maps, playing fullscreen borderless, and being ddkk :) . Keep up the content, I can tell a lot of effort was put into it and it is a really nice and concise way to introduce people to Taiko.

[@ThatTaikoGuy]

Same bro. Pattern alt player here and happy to say I dont have a dead hand :D

[@GaNzY_404]

What rank are you now? I want to know

[@auroraphasmata1651]

@@GaNzY_404 Right now I've been stuck at #211/210 for about a week but still gaming.

[@GaNzY_404]

@@auroraphasmata1651 nice I’m almost at 10000 rank but right now I’m at 11,850

[@miwiki6]

i can play the circle game and the piano game, time for the drum game

[@honkaigi]

спасибо

[@dcgamingyt6592]

One word *Underrated*

[@hi_am_disturbia]

I am currently top 10k worldwide in Taiko. I wanted to thank you for the wonderful tutorial! Hopefully you'll be back someday

[@hevilmateold]

отличный гайд спс

[@Xercq]

damn this tutorial is actually really usefull

[@duustinduude6776]

I set first hand to DK and second to DK, so primarily i play with index fingers, left hand for K and right for D. I do alternate when i have to do like 3+ D in a row or 3+ K in a row, though usually i opt to do 3 right hand spasms instead of alternating :p, i have pretty good accuracy though, able to S some like 3.8* maps and beat like 4.8* maps. 5*+ though it’s goes from not bad to impossible, can’t read SHIT. have no idea how to get over that barrier.

[@kappamaki91]

my dominant hand is right, i main left... but i do full alt... my full alt has no mains... funny eh.. another tip for calmer people: learn to map good, make your own maps to enjoy and train for.. few years back i uploaded a blue zenith now in graveyard. its property is long streams and simple alternating sequences with a little intermediate spices. many versions, but just play the 'Exalted Level' which also is available from 200 to 280 bpm with 10 bpm difference for each. *there are 2 other diffs which are older but turns out the newer plain exalted diff is best.* grind it a month at your relative level and you'll see a vivid improvement. and when you get to 280 you might be pretty much top 100s or so? i think qroissant missed 30-50 notes few days back on 250 bpm and he is rank 30 high bpm monster from poland

[@yunisdead]

This video helps guys im now rank 4k2

[@Tomek1949]

The big circles there are called finishers!

[@user-hc9cw3nn2x]

Чел спасибо

[@syn4621]

so what is kddk stuff you went over it as if I should have hard it before

[@renatugaming5730]

I did get to muzukashii for the fun of it and taiko was so much more fun compared to when I was playing catch.

[@SUPERNOOB20]

TBT Pog :O :D

[@janmagtoast]

thx

[@user-dy6dg2io6x]

Thanks

[@poca_p0ca]

nice contents

[@julianygastrodon5902]

Am I weird for using left for blue and right for red? (yes I forgot their names)

[@misterfister7714]

Yes DD-KK is harder on acc and speed, im ambidextrous to some extent left being for strength and agility like shaving, right being for finesse like writing so i thought having one hand for one and other for another will work and now i have dead right hand and left in-accurate, so timing is literally horrible. DD-KK only if you are having one dominant hand.

[@Talha-mh8su]

It seems that I cannot do the spinner can anyone tell me how its done? I did alternate between red and blue but it still says fail..

[@wxstedyouth5219]

Привет, как думаешь, стоит ли на 3300пп менять плейстайл с ддкк? Со временем когда карты становятся сложнее очень проблематично прожимать берсты правой рукой(левой рукой с лёгкостью это происходит), когда в это же время правой быстрее синглю чем левой

[@MustDrumService]

Здарова, почти весь топ русского тайко комьюнити ддкк или ккдд (насколько я помню). Поэтому совсем необязательно, но чем позже начнешь переучиваться - тем сложнее будет. Я, как кддк альт игрок, могу сказать, что надо бы, но другая половина комьюнити скажет, что не надо. Потому что на кддк ты можешь абсолютно с такими же проблемами столкнуться

[@raediaufar5003]

For anyone wondering do experienced players still confused between don and kats. YES THEY ARE. Especially with tech maps can be confusing to read

[@Nursesaids]

Yo thanks for this legit ❤️

[@dzakwanmufidamzi7854]

is it ddkk playstyle really good for taiko? I can't even play 3+ star maps or maps with patterns. Usually got to the top 50 but only on easy and normal maps :(

[@gamaron]

not really, although some top players can do it the accuracy is pretty bad, streaming also kills your fingers

[@MustDrumService]

A lot of players I know from Russian top is ddkk or kkdd, and they can pass 7-8 star maps. They just get used to it, and yeah, accuracy is the problem for them

[@advu_]

the thing i hate most about taiko is that whenever i play any map my vision gets blurry as fuck after about 35 seconds so i just have to go by color and it hurts my eyes

[@texer420]

I'm on console but this still helped me

[@renatugaming5730]

Chromoxx has a good playlist on the steps to learning taiko for those who want to go with that.

[@seanordonez9208]

help i cant remember which hand is for the red side and same for the blue side

[@meove1213]

in my case, my right hand become main and left support since habit from drum (not that big ass taiko drum lol).

[@Tomek1949]

(the beggining) Don-chan just came out of nowhere!

[@Link-Link]

It helps thx