Da-don! Hello there!
I wrote this thread for Taiko Beginners who try this game for the first time and need some practice in it. This projects has various maps which contain patterns you will need for your Taiko-journey! To be prepared for the world of Taiko and know what it actually is, you can read this thread, da-don!

1. What is Taiko? Taiko is a drum game which is rhythm oriented. We only have two notes: Don and Kat, which each of them can be hit by two buttons.
2. What are the key configurations? At the beginning it is: X,C button - Red circle (Don) and Z,V button - Blue circle (Kat).
   If you want, you are able to change them in "Option → Input → Change keyboard binding → osu!taiko".
3. Are there any skins? Yes, we have many custom skins which some of them are made in an authentic way. If you are interested, you can check this link.

Don and Kat are the regular notes.
Big Don and big Kat can be beaten with two buttons for their representative color. Hit them right and you gain x2 points!
Sliders can be beaten with all buttons. Just try to hit in time.
Spinner must be beaten with Don and Kat alternately.

Let's put this into action with this tutorial map: b/1176999(map deleted)

[--------------------Basic--------------------]

Now since you know the basics, lets try some patterns:

1.) Basic Step 1~9 beatmapsets/1694569#taiko/3462589 (Made by woodrockman / OnosakiHito)

If you learned these patterns, lets try them on some maps:

Hatsunetsumiko - Silent Story ★1
beatmapsets/1694661#taiko/3462773 (by OnosakiHito)

Try to full-combo these maps before you continue with the next lesson.


[--------------------Intermediate--------------------]

Alright, da-don! Now try some harder patterns!

2.) Intermediate Step 1~9 beatmapsets/1694640#taiko/3462710
ddd, kkk Pattern Training
[Intermediate 1step] (Made by woodrockman)

ddk, kkd Pattern Training
[Intermediate 2step] (Made by woodrockman)

x4 Speed(よんばい) Pattern Training
[Intermediate 3step] (Made by woodrockman)

ddk, kkd Pattern Training
[Intermediate 4step] (Made by woodrockman)

ddddk, kkkkd Pattern Training
[Intermediate 5step] (Made by woodrockman)

x4 Speed(よんばい) Pattern Training
[Intermediate 6step] (Made by woodrockman)

ddddkkk, kkkkddd Pattern Training
[Intermediate 7step] (Made by woodrockman)

ddkd , kkdk , dkkd , kddk , ddkdk , ddkkd , dkkkd, kdddk Pattern Training
[Intermediate 8step] (Made by woodrockman)

dd, kk, dk, kd Pattern Training
[Intermediate 9step] (Made by OnosakiHito)

The application for the up coming maps will be now harder, da-don! Don't break the taiko sticks:

MONKEY MAJIK - Running In The Dark ★4
beatmapsets/1696785#taiko/3466794 (by OnosakiHito)

BUMP OF CHICKEN - Tentai Kansoku ★6
http://puu.sh/664ir (by lepidopodus)

SPYAIR - Samurai Heart ★7
beatmapsets/1694647#taiko/3462739 (by OnosakiHito)

The IDOLM@STER - GO MY WAY!! ★7
http://puu.sh/687Fc (by Mapper 31)

Itou Kanako - Tsuisou no Despair ★7
beatmapsets/358168#taiko/787608 (by OnosakiHito)

Taiko no Tatsujin - Kikyoku~Seasons of Asia~ ★7
http://puu.sh/687WX (by Mapper 31)

The IDOLM@STER - shiny smile! ★8
https://puu.sh/HyCMv.osz (by Mapper 31)


[--------------------Advance--------------------]

Nya-!(´⊙ω⊙`)！I didn't expect to see you that soon here! Now, lets try the patterns we had before in a more harder way.

3.) beatmapsets/1694644#taiko/3462731
ddkkddkkddkkddkk, ddddkkkkddddkkk, dkk, kdd Pattern Training
[Advance 1step] (Made by OnosakiHito)

dkd, kdk, ddkdd, kkdkk Pattern Training
[Advance 2step] (Made by OnosakiHito)

dddk, kkkd, dddkdddkdddk, kkkdkkkdkkkd Pattern Training
[Advance 3step] (Made by OnosakiHito)

dkkkdkkkdkkkd, kdddkdddkdddk Pattern Training
[Advance 4step] (Made by OnosakiHito)

dkkkkd, kddddk , ddkdk Pattern Training
[Advance 5step] (Made by OnosakiHito)

ddkdk, kkdkd , dkdkk, kdkdd Pattern Training
[Advance 6step] (Made by OnosakiHito)

ddkddkddkddk, kkdkkdkkdkkd, dkkdkkdkkdkk, kddkddkddkdd Pattern Training
[Advance 7step & 7-2step] (Made by OnosakiHito)

dddkkkdddkkkddd, ddkkkdd, kkdddkk Pattern Training
[Advance 8step] (Made by OnosakiHito)

dd, kk, dk, kd Pattern Training
[Advance 9step] (Made by OnosakiHito)

If you feel strong enough, try the next application maps:

X JAPAN - Kurenai ★9
https://puu.sh/HyCSp.osz (by Mapper 31)


[--------------------Extra--------------------]

This pattern training is for the more experienced people. This might help you in the future! But don't become a mekka-don!

4.) beatmapsets/1694646
dddd, kkkk, dkdk, kdkd Pattern Training
[Extra 1step] (Made by OnosakiHito)

ddkk, kkdd, dkkd, kddk Pattern Training
[Extra 2step] (Made by OnosakiHito)

dddd, kkkk, dddk, kkkkd Pattern Training
[Extra 3step] (Made by OnosakiHito)

ddddddd, kkkkkkk, dddkkkd, kkkkdddk Pattern Training
[Extra 4step] (Made by OnosakiHito)

With these maps, you will train 1/6 and 1/3 patterns!

Kayano Ai - secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono (TV Size) ★4
beatmapsets/2053761#taiko/4290101 (POONwing)


[--------------------Taiko Beginner Packs--------------------]
Still don't have enough? Try the Taiko Beginner Packs! (New!!)

1. Taiko Beginner Pack #1

Alright, da-don! You should be by now ready to go out and show other donders your skills in Taiko! I showed you what I know and hope it was helpful! When you have time, come back an check this thread. I will update it sometimes.
I wish you a good stay here! youngdow

[ Recent Updates ]

1. 15.05.2024 - Added Amor Buffer set!
2. 06.05.2024 - Added Running in The Dark set!
3. 12.02.2022 - Old and New Beatmaps ed on BSS
4. 09.02.2022 - Pattern-Training + Maps ed on BSS
5. 15.04.2021 - New changes:
   - Reed Advance Step 2-9
   - Added POONwing's cranky - Rei Mai ToukyouRikaDaigaku YOSAKOI So Ran ★10
   - Added The last Page ★8
   - Added Yuukyuu Shinwaroku -Haruka naru Sanmyaku ni Nagareru Taiga no Hotori nite- ★7
   - Exchanged Itou Kanako - Tsuisou no Despair puush link with the ranked version.
   - Updated The IDOLM@STER - shiny smile!'s Audio Sample Setting to Normal
   - Updated X JAPAN - Kurenai's Audio Sample Setting to Normal
6. 01.03.2016 - Added Taiko Beginner Pack #1
7. 25.09.2015 - Added DJ TOTTO VS TOTTO - Vajra [Inner Oni ★10]
8. 25.09.2015 - Added Ushirokara Haiyoritai G - Koi wa Chaos no Shimobenari ★6
9. 03.01.2014 - Maps added by Mapper 31.
10. 02.01.2014 - First Appereance of the TBT v2

Thank you so much for this. I love taiko and would love to be able to show off to IRL friends when I don't have my tablet

1.) Basic Step 1~7 http://puu.sh/646T6.osz (Made by woodrockman / OnosakiHito)

That puush is broken for me.

Oh, it wasn't proper ed.
Updated. Now it works. Thanks!

Thank you, exactly what I needed ^_^

Thank you!

Wonderful, thanks. Going to try Taiko later!

This is such a great way to practice.
Thank you very much for this!
I think I love you now (?)

Thanks for this awesome tutorial!

Quick question though, do you have a map as difficult as Pink Turbo, but has a speed of Samurai? The gap between those two songs is a bit too much for me. Thanks

Sure. I will add pretty soon some ranked Taiko-sets which you can pratice on!

thanks! Also something that bugged me for a while is that you made a typo and said Fink turbo instead of Pink Turbo.

Hey, thank you very much for making this. I am having a lot of trouble transitioning into the advanced section, I can play all the sample songs well enough, but Pink Turbo is extremely hard for me. Would you really consider this song 7 stars? Compared to the first 8 star song we play, Pink Turbo seems a lot harder.

I starting using this back in February. I was terrible back then but I really think the training maps helped a lot. Thanks again for making this!

@Cannifos: Oh, sorry forgot about the post. I will check that after my exams.
@Decon082: Ah, glad to hear that! After my exams I will add new maps which you can practice on. More different mappers and some will be ranked already.

Thanks a whole lot for this thread!
It has been really helpful, though I'm still wondering how to play most of the patterns, as in which keys to press when. Am I supposed to alternate everything?

How for example should I play this: DDK
Am I supposed to alternate the two dons or simply singletap them?

Or things like: DDDDKKDDKK

Mind that I am still playing rather slow maps, but wouldn't it be a good idea to already start learning to alternate those so picking up faster maps will be easier in the future?

marvinelo wrote: 2t5k4u

Thanks a whole lot for this thread!
It has been really helpful, though I'm still wondering how to play most of the patterns, as in which keys to press when. Am I supposed to alternate everything?

How for example should I play this: DDK
Am I supposed to alternate the two dons or simply singletap them?

Or things like: DDDDKKDDKK

Mind that I am still playing rather slow maps, but wouldn't it be a good idea to already start learning to alternate those so picking up faster maps will be easier in the future?

I personally think that it depends on the BPM's song. Since you're playing slow maps, I personally think to singletap.

sheela901 wrote: 3g2ic

marvinelo wrote: 2t5k4u

Thanks a whole lot for this thread!
It has been really helpful, though I'm still wondering how to play most of the patterns, as in which keys to press when. Am I supposed to alternate everything?

How for example should I play this: DDK
Am I supposed to alternate the two dons or simply singletap them?

Or things like: DDDDKKDDKK

Mind that I am still playing rather slow maps, but wouldn't it be a good idea to already start learning to alternate those so picking up faster maps will be easier in the future?

I personally think that it depends on the BPM's song. Since you're playing slow maps, I personally think to singletap.

I too have a question about this, so assuming your keys are mapped to dfjk, for DDKDDKDDK or something should you do jfkfjdjfk or is it acceoptable to do fjkfjkfjk even at higher levels?

kikiotsuka wrote: 6s4o3m

I too have a question about this, so assuming your keys are mapped to dfjk, for DDKDDKDDK or something should you do jfkfjdjfk or is it acceoptable to do fjkfjkfjk even at higher levels?

anything is acceptable but I recommend jfdjfdjfd or fjkfjkfjk

in other words I recommend starting with one side for reds and the other for blues, although I personally play using only my right hand when possible

agu wrote: 1be9

kikiotsuka wrote: 6s4o3m

I too have a question about this, so assuming your keys are mapped to dfjk, for DDKDDKDDK or something should you do jfkfjdjfk or is it acceoptable to do fjkfjkfjk even at higher levels?

anything is acceptable but I recommend jfdjfdjfd or fjkfjkfjk

in other words I recommend starting with one side for reds and the other for blues, although I personally play using only my right hand when possible

Is this still applicable to songs with a super high BPM? My hand tends to get tired or just starts to trip over the notes when i dont alternate hands for long streams of DDK's

Wonderful guide, thanks

It's helping me alot. But how do you not get eye cancer when you play taiko? I often keep mes the colours because of the scrolling being to fast for my eyes T_T

great Tuturial

i hope if i should use this tuturial to my people who is interested to play taiko in my country

Shewiezi wrote: u4t12

But how do you not get eye cancer when you play taiko?

orz

thx for the tutorial

Glad to see people like it! It's just a pity that I'm a bit too lazy to add new maps. But even so, they will appear. tetsutaro gave some suggestions.

This tutorial is just amazing! It helped me a lot! Thanks for it

Guys this guide is really amazing!
I am playing all those basic/advanced maps till I manage to fc them 5 times in a row and can see really great results already. I manage to fc the easier ones which I lacked reading/finger coordination before in my first tries without warmup and it is a really good feeling.

Thank you for this!

i fucking love you all

This is so helpful, thank you!

Until "Bump of Chicken": Hey I'm actually okay at this!

"Bump of Chicken": Jesus Christ I'm terrible at this...

Time to practice!

Great job! This is very useful

Thank you for writing these thread as lesson / guide. It really help me full ^^ Beside at basic map practice, it has the beautiful song and I really enjoyed that ^^
But may I ask? Is there the skin that would make the beginner of Taiko player could understand it more better and faster (the skin that like at Catch the Beat mode style, it has one colored fruit and shape, so beginner could see it better)
Thank you

Vinc_Angel

i have a ps3 rockband drum kit. can i play osu taiko with it? and how?

kazama jin, I think you could played with that if you have a port to connected into your pc or laptop and configure your key config in osu options too.... I guess....

Hi and sorry that I'm so late. I'm glad you like this!
About the skin, all I can do is to suggest you using the taiko skin by frank. But that link at the moment not available, so I guess I will re it soon again.

thank you

New beatmap:

Ushirokara Haiyoritai G - Koi wa Chaos no Shimobenari ★6
http://puu.sh/knH8O

DJ TOTTO VS TOTTO - Vajra [Inner Oni ★10]
https://osu-ppy-sh.jeuxcrack.net/b/717065

Holy crap, I've been trying so hard to learn taiko. You're awesome, man!

Just some patterns that, I think, should be added for advance level
DKK
KDD
DDDKD
KKKDK

This is so ridiculously useful, you have no idea.

Praise Ono.

It's very helpfull for training
But there aren't any traning with Big Dong and Big Kat. It's not so esay for some peoples. I think just one traning in Basic and in Advance will be good

Oh, you are right. I will add such maps now since there are some good maps which train your finish-note gameplay!

Edit: I've added three beatmaps which contain a lot of finishers but also other tricky patterns such as 1/6 or streams:

1. Ellie Goulding - Burn [Oni ★8] (finisher gameplay available)
   https://osu-ppy-sh.jeuxcrack.net/b/351271 (Nashmun)
2. Black Raison d'etre - INSIDE IDENTITY [Ura Oni ★10] (finisher gameplay available)
   https://osu-ppy-sh.jeuxcrack.net/b/280103 (aabc271)
3. LindaAI-CUE - Norudon2000 [Ura Oni ★10] (finisher gameplay available)
   https://osu-ppy-sh.jeuxcrack.net/s/335229 (OnosakiHito)

Additional to this, I've added the link to the Custom Taiko Characters Collection, so newbies can check out some of our taiko skins!

my problem is
i've hit the Big Don/Kat with 2 buttons, but i still got 1 point, than i check my replay, i just got 1x point not 2x, sometimes i can hit big don/kat perfectly

my timing when hit big don/kat is bad, how to improve my timing ?




sorry for bad english

PoPoii wrote: 5l5de

my problem is
i've hit the Big Don/Kat with 2 buttons, but i still got 1 point, than i check my replay, i just got 1x point not 2x, sometimes i can hit big don/kat perfectly

my timing when hit big don/kat is bad, how to improve my timing ?




sorry for bad english

Mind to post a replay?
Also do mind that you get x2 (ig 600 at the start of a combo) scoring but your combo meter only goes up by one.

hyliades wrote: 4z3f6s

PoPoii wrote: 5l5de

my problem is
i've hit the Big Don/Kat with 2 buttons, but i still got 1 point, than i check my replay, i just got 1x point not 2x, sometimes i can hit big don/kat perfectly

my timing when hit big don/kat is bad, how to improve my timing ?




sorry for bad english

Mind to post a replay?
Also do mind that you get x2 (ig 600 at the start of a combo) scoring but your combo meter only goes up by one.

1st BM
2nd BM

my rank is going higher but my skill is not good enough, i ed the Mazukashi diff, few day ago

PoPoii wrote: 5l5de

1st BM
2nd BM

my rank is going higher but my skill is not good enough, i ed the Mazukashi diff, few day ago

Saw them, everything is fine:

doing a big Don/kan with two buttons advances your combo counter by only 1 but you get double the score of a normal don/kan.

Giro wrote: 1y186y

Big Dong and Big Kat

This literally made my day.

Doing even one of the advanced levels using alternation can be so hard and frustrating. Any tips?

Wagarasu wrote: n6c26

Doing even one of the advanced levels using alternation can be so hard and frustrating. Any tips?

Don't give up.

Pretty much what Noobita says, as plain as it sounds! Learning to coordinate your fingers is not easy, so it needs some good amount of time until one is able to alternate. But the time you invest in learning it is absolutely worth. So all I can suggest is to play those advanced levels and maybe search for some maps which contain these kind of patterns.

Thinking about it, I should add way more maps into this project, especially ranked maps.

https://osu-ppy-sh.jeuxcrack.net/b/72785&m=1
My favorite map for excessive triplet reading practice!
Has every tripletpattern except for dkd (almost no kdk too) and plenty of those right after each other in snailspeed which makes it relatively easy to get used to.
Playing this + the Abekobe version (maybe you could link the map converter by qoot for practice purposes too?) gives a really good grasp at reading triple patterns and is still not very fast when played with DT.

Thank you so much OnosakiHito! I wanna be pro taiko guy! :3 o3o I wish you be my taiko teacher in real life :3 >u<

Noobita wrote: 1fz

Wagarasu wrote: n6c26

Doing even one of the advanced levels using alternation can be so hard and frustrating. Any tips?

Don't give up.

Exactly!

It's so hard and im getting so tilted thanks for this

Thank you <3

Wow, I'm glad I found this. It's awesome to have these foundations and to build on them~

That's a great tutorial for a Taiko beginner like myself. I'll definitely be using that.

...
On a side note, how the hell am I supposed to combine both of my hands while playing? I'm getting better accuracy on Cory in The House (The only song I'm able to play, lmao) using just one of my hands (if you know what I mean), but when I try both: it turns into a disaster.

SugoiReborn wrote: 546l4d

That's a great tutorial for a Taiko beginner like myself. I'll definitely be using that.

...
On a side note, how the hell am I supposed to combine both of my hands while playing? I'm getting better accuracy on Cory in The House (The only song I'm able to play, lmao) using just one of my hands (if you know what I mean), but when I try both: it turns into a disaster.

Some general advice for everyone starting off:

It happens. If you really want to strengthen your other hand, try playing completely with your other hand; it'll take a while to get used to or even play anything and your accuracy will drop, but don't be afraid of retrying. When you're more comfortable and can control your other hand properly, try playing with both hands.

What I suspect is the real problem in your case and a major obstacle in everyone's Taiko career, however, is getting used to patterns and playing with both hands.
If it's patterns you're having problems with (e.g. triplets) then it's a good thing to consider what hand you'll be using if you alternate. For instance, for ddk, you'll hit d with your right hand, then d with your left, then k with your right (vice versa if you start with your left hand). Practice. Repeat until you're comfortable with playing the pattern. Play it faster. Play it until it's second nature. This is how you can acquire a pattern so that when you recognise one, you can play it easily.

I myself use one hand a lot and use the other only for streams when it's necessary... (very frowned upon play-style involving extensive single-tapping at 200+ BPM)
That being said it's still important to get used to playing with both hands because while you might be able to sustain with one hand into muzukashiis, Taiko is simply not playable at 'pro' level with only one hand.

Good luck with Taiko!

Awesome guide
Very comprehensive as it leads from beginner to advanced, really

OnosakiHito wrote: 1h4bn

DJ TOTTO VS TOTTO - Vajra [Inner Oni ★10]
https://osu-ppy-sh.jeuxcrack.net/b/717065 (qoot8123)

'For Taiko Beginner'
this seems like the holy grail for Taiko beginner

I second tkdLolly's previous post.

On another note, maybe I overtook it with Vajra. It was planed to add more maps to get to such level, but I never came to it. Haha
Should probably really add more easier maps which are also ranked to give beginners even more examples.

OnosakiHito wrote: 1h4bn

On another note, maybe I overtook it with Vajra.

dude tf i cant even fc it

~~~ IMPORTANT ~~~
Taiko Beginner Pack #1 out. Contains 15 songs.
Star Difficulty range:
0.59 - 1.38
1.24 - 2.18
1.70 - 2.57
2.01 - 2.84 (3.28)

Added them! Thank you.

This is a great guide. Occasionally I tried to play Taiko but didn't understand several things like the big don etc.
Now I can play properly and instantly have nice songs at my level because of the beginners pack, thank you.

thx u, this post is really helps me!

thank you for the maps and techniques ❤ great work!!

puush links are dead for Extreme training and Extra training. Anyone able to re-host?

Weird, these push links were never removed. I've just re-ed them. Thank you for noting it!



New maps should be ed some time too. Hm.

Advanced training link is dead.

Edit: I mean, this one http://puu.sh/649ck

Wait, so is it better to map one side to dons and the other to kats (ddkk), or should I just stick with kddk?

Edit: Also, I'm having a lot of trouble with dddkkkdddkkk. My hands keep doing dddkkddkkdd instead...

SkythekidSB wrote: 503lb

Advanced training link is dead.

Edit: I mean, this one http://puu.sh/649ck

Would be great if you could fix this! I can't find them anywhere else.

komorebi wrote: 6z1z45

SkythekidSB wrote: 503lb

Advanced training link is dead.

Edit: I mean, this one http://puu.sh/649ck

Would be great if you could fix this! I can't find them anywhere else.

Yea, I'm still searching for it and I can;t find it anywhere either. Looks like I have to practice the pattern without the map for sure.

When he gonna update the 3 step? Still waiting. If someone have ddk, kkd Pattern Training plz pm me! Thx

Many people PM'd me. I will it soon! Had no access to my osu! folder for quite some time, da don.

Thank you so much! You must be really busy person. Have a good day! ♥

;v; i'm really having issues learning 4-note patterns like the one in the 8step advance pattern training and some of the extra ones, anybody got tips??? I need help lol

OnosakiHito wrote: 1h4bn

Many people PM'd me. I will it soon! Had no access to my osu! folder for quite some time, da don.

I'm waiting for this ^^

SkythekidSB wrote: 503lb

OnosakiHito wrote: 1h4bn

Many people PM'd me. I will it soon! Had no access to my osu! folder for quite some time, da don.

I'm waiting for this ^^

2 weeks later still dead.

Just reed it: https://puu.sh/zrRWp/1020912d06.osz
You can find it on the OP.

Thank you very much!

Thank you for this. I just changed from ddkk to dkdk and this is helping me a lot

i play dkkd this practice mapsets are the best

Very glad to know that. Hopefully I can update the beatmap list soon as well.

Amazing maps, love it, thanks!

Has the star rating changed in these years or does the star mean something else?

Those star raitings reflect the raiting in Taiko no Tatsujin and have nothing to do with the SR in osu!taiko.
Let's say, on first look, those raitings make only sense if you have more maps to compare their difficulty with each other.

Thanks for the tutorial.
I can't the last song
DJ TOTTO VS TOTTO - Vajra [Inner Oni ★10]
That stream is just too difficult for me.....

thx for the guide! i'm still stuck at dddkkkdddkkkddd tho but still training~

will try to Taiko again after reading this...
thanks 😄

Thank you for making this guide, This is very helpful
I hope I can improve my skill

Anyone have any tips or a full guide on how to stream. I'm trying to start playing Inner Oni's and I can do basic streams such as ddkkddkk... or ddddkkkkddddkk... but anything that gets complicated i get stuck on and start spamming (ddkdkdddkddkdkkkkdkkddkdk)

Thanks for the guide <3

thanks! this is good

this is really good I appreciate it! I decided to go back to basics and relearn how to play not just from playing but actively train a bit but it would be good to find a stream practice forum.

Thanks again btw!!!

I'm glad to know that still many people use this Project! While I'm very slow, I'm still planing to add new maps by also checking out what people said in their posts.

*stream practice needed - noted

OnosakiHito wrote: 1h4bn

I'm glad to know that still many people use this Project! While I'm very slow, I'm still planing to add new maps by also checking out what people said in their posts.

*stream practice needed - noted

This forum is useful to be honest, I had a big leap in one year span. I'm getting used to taiko because of this.