Popular Guitar Hero Abbreviations
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- 1, 2, 3, 4: This refers to the 4 fingers that are used to play Guitar Hero. 1 is the index finger, 2 is the middle finger, 3 is the ring finger, and 4 is the pinky finger.
- 1st position: This refers to the finger positions that are commonly used. 1st position puts the 4 fingers on the first 4 fret buttons (GRYB).
- 2nd position: This refers to the finger positions that are commonly used. 2nd position puts the first 4 fingers on the last 4 fret buttons (RYBO).
- 3rd position: This refers to a less-used finger position that puts the first 3 fingers on the last 3 fret buttons (YBO). Commonly used for trills on YB or BO.
- 4th position: This refers to a less-used finger position that puts the first 2 fingers on the last 2 fret buttons (BO). Commonly used for trills on BO.
- -x (where x is a number in the comment section of someone's scores): Indicates that they missed that many notes in that particular song.
- x-x-x (where x are numbers, such as 1-2-3 or any variation thereof): Indicates the Star Power path for the song mentioned in context. For example, if the Star Power path for Free Bird is 1-2-3, that would mean that you should gain 1 SP phrase, activate, gain 2 SP phrases, activate, and gain 3 SP phrases, activate.
- -C: Minus Celsius
- 3&7: 3's and 7's
- 17: Seventeen
- 18&L: 18 And Life
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- DOA: Dead on Arrival (from Rock Band game disc) or D.O.A. (DLC from Thrash Pack 1); potentially ambiguous.
- DHB: Don't Hold Back
- DLC: Downloadable Content. Refers to any and all songs that were not included in the retail discs for GH2-360, GH3 and GHWT that requires downloading to obtain. Currently only available for the Xbox 360 and PS3, and for Wii in WT.
- DND: Down n' Dirty
- DU: Drink Up
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- E: Refers to the "Easy" difficulty on all Guitar Hero games.
- Early Whammying: This refers to hitting an SP sustain early in order to obtain more SP. This is only possible in GH1/GH2/GH80's, because in GH3 each SP sustain only gives a certain amount of SP. Again, in GH1/GH2/GH80's it is possible to get more SP by whammying earlier, but not in GH3.
- EB: Elephant Bones
- EE: Electric Eye
- EF: Even Flow
- EIFL: Eureka, I've Found Love
- ER: Even Rats
- ESx (where x is a number): Also known as an "end skip", this indicates that this particular SP phrase will go unused at the end of the song. Some activation paths will result in one leftover star power phrase at the end of the song, such as Mississippi Queen's 2-2-2-ES1 path (which can be viewed here∞), where the last phrase goes unused.
- EWWS: Ernten Was Wir Säen
- The Eyeball: This in-game guitar can only be obtained by 5-starring all career songs on Hard in GH2.
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- G: Green fret button
- GenR: Generation Rock
- GH: Guitar Hero
- GHI/GH1: Guitar Hero 1 (for the PS2)
- GHII/GH2: Guitar Hero 2⇒ (for the PS2)
- GH2-360: Guitar Hero 2⇒ (for the Xbox 360)
- GH80's/GH:E/GH:RT80's: Guitar Hero: Rocks The 80's⇒ (for the PS2)
- GH3: Guitar Hero 3⇒ (for the PS2, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, and PC/Mac)
- GH4: Guitar Hero 4 does not exist as of this post. If people are using the term GH4 in context, they are most likely referring to Guitar Hero: World Tour (GHWT⇒)
- GH:A: Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (for the PS2, Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii)
- GH:OT: Guitar Hero: On Tour (for the Nintendo DS)
- GHWT: Guitar Hero: World Tour (for the PS2, Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii)
- GHG: Guitar Hero Game, or the official GH site. Also referred to as the GHG forums.
- GR2R: Get Ready 2 Rokk
- GS: Gold Star(s)
- GSSOD: Green Star Streak of Death. This is the long section of green SP notes found in measures 130-133 of Raining Blood on Expert, which can be seen here∞.
- GTF: Go That Far
- Guitar God: This title is obtained when you 5-star all career songs on Expert, though many people generalize it to mean that you've 5-starred all songs on Expert (including bonus songs).
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- NBAGT/ANBAGT: Nothin But A Good Time. For some reason, the GH series decided to add "Ain't" to the title. Both acronyms are used.
- NFMH: Nothing For Me Here
- NN: Next Note. This acronym is used solely in the SP path forums, and it means that you are supposed to activate SP on the next note after you pick up the last SP phrase for that activation.
- NOK: No One Knows
- NOLY: No One Like You
- NOTB/#OTB: Number of the Beast
- NPS: Notes per second. Often used by SH members to describe songs (or sections of songs) that require fast strumming or fretting.
- NS: Note Streak. This refers to the amount of notes that you play in a row without resetting your multiplier.
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- O: Orange fret button
- OAL: Only A Lad
- OftR: One for the Road
- OSSOD: Orange Star Streak Of Death. This refers to the series of Orange SP notes in measure 59 of Texas Flood on Hard and Expert.
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- S2/SII: Synchronicity II
- S&D/SaD: Search and Destroy
- SatD: Shout at the Devil
- SBTD: She Bangs the Drums
- SCOM: Sweet Child O' Mine
- SCM: Spanish Castle Magic
- SDM: Sharp Dressed Man
- SFAIII: Section of Through the Fire and Flames, containing the infamous "Red Snake".
- SG: The PS2 guitar controller that came in a bundle for GH1 and GH2. The controller is modeled after the Gibson SG, hence why it is called the "SG".
- SH: ScoreHero
- Sightread: This refers to the first time you ever play a song, such as when you first obtain a new GH game. Since it is the first time you have ever played the song, you are mostly "playing by sight", or "reading the notechart" based on sight, not practice and muscle memory.
- SMBH: Super Massive Black Hole
- SMK: Suck My Kiss
- SO: School's Out
- SOD: Symphony Of Destruction
- SOML: Story of My Love/Story of My Life. Yes, I know there are two songs for one acronym. There really isn't much you can do about it, you'll just need to discern which song they're talking about through the context in which it's given. If they're talking about GH1, they're talking about Story of My Love. If they're talking about GH3, they're talking about Story of My Life.
- SOSAD: Same Old Song and Dance
- SOTW: Smoke On The Water
- SOYL: Sunshine of Your Love
- SP: Star Power
- Spread: The spread, a column seen on the ScoreHero leaderboards, is the amount of points between that person and the person above them. For example, if the spread between you and the top player on Jordan is 100,000, that means that their score is 100,000 points above yours.
- Squeeze/squeezing: Squeezing is a way to utilize a note's timing window in order to "squeeze" more notes into an SP phrase. To squeeze, you must activate SP as late as possible during a note's timing window (the note that you activate SP on), though still hitting that note under SP, so that you can squeeze the last note of that activation by hitting the note (the last one in the activation) as early as that note's timing window allows. If successful, you will have achieved more points by hitting more notes under SP. A more in-depth explanation can be found here∞.
- SR: Slow Ride
- Sx (where x is a number): Also known as a "skip", this SP phrase will be skipped as a result of one activation running over a SP phrase, such that it is "skipped" between other activations. For example, in My Name is Jonas 2-2-S1-2-2-S1 SP path (which can be viewed here∞), the fifth SP phrase is skipped, as well as the final phrase in the song. This is sometimes referred to as an activation "overwriting" a SP phrase.
- SYSB: Sail Your Ship By
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- UB: Upper Bound. The easiest possible explanation is to say that Upper Bound is the absolute highest score you can get for a song, according to debr's calculations. On debr5836's site, there are a large number of SP paths for people to use. For each song, there are multiple paths (Big Squeeze, Bigger Squeeze, etc.) that progressively indicate more difficult SP paths that you can execute. The most difficult paths to execute (Upper Bound) are calculated to be the highest scores that you can possibly get for that song, given optimal squeezing and an FC. Sometimes, players exceed that amount due to insane squeezing or (more likely) minor flaws within the calculations, which you will often see when people put comments such as "Upper Bound +4" or something of that nature.
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- X: Refers to the "Expert" difficulty level in all Guitar Hero games.
- X-plorer: The guitar that came with the GH2 for the 360 and GH3 for the PC. The controller is modeled after the Gibson Explorer, hence why it is called the "X-plorer".
- XR: Crossroads (Would have been abbreviated to CR, but that acronym was already taken by Caveman Rejoice).
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