Scores still submit — a no-fail run is flagged, not discarded.
VISUAL
TURN
BOOST
APPEAR
DARK
TURN is not shown. Mirror and shuffle permute columns — meaningful on a
dance pad, destructive on a guitar neck where fret order is the melody.
FAILED
Spectating match…
PAUSED
↑↓ move · A select · B / START resume
ACCURACY
GAME OVER
0
SONGS SURVIVED
LEADERBOARD
RADIO — LIVE
DIFFICULTY
SPEED
SCROLL
APPEAR
TURN
BOOST
DARK
Starting… interact to stay here
↑↓ row◀▶ changeA playLB·RB speedB cancel
SESSION RECAP
Radio Session
MULTIPLAYER
RANKED BY ACCURACY
SETTINGS
AUDIO
ms
ms · added to Offset on a controller or mat. Calibrate and tap on the pad to set it.
100%
Tap on each beat you hear — Space, or any button on a pad
INPUT
Labels your scores for the per-device leaderboards. Auto picks Controller when a gamepad is connected.
Earned on hpnet. Change it there and Groove follows.
HANDHELD
ANNOUNCER
LIVE FEED
Who's online, big scores, open rooms & invites
APPEARANCE
Measure lines scroll with the chart
Your heardpla.net character dances beside the arrows and plays in the band
Speech bubbles from the crowd on band songs
CONTROLS
Guitar only. Off: frets alone play every note — no strum bar, and a stray strum costs nothing
KEY BINDINGS
CONTROLLER BINDINGS
MICROPHONE
Vocals scores from your microphone. Nothing else needs binding.
Not started
Anything quieter than the marker is ignored. Raise it until the room falls silent on the meter but your voice still crosses it.
Stay quiet for a second and a half; the gate is set just above what it hears.
For a quiet microphone. Changes how loud you register, never which note is heard.
Sing or speak — the note you are hearing is shown live.
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Octave does not matter in play — matching the pitch class is the game.
The original singer, on songs that ship a separate vocal track. Auto fades it out while you are carrying the line and brings it back when you lose it.
Use headphones if you can. Echo cancellation is deliberately
switched off so that sustained notes survive, which means speakers
bleed into the microphone and can be heard as your voice.