Early!/Late!: The player strums slightly off tune, causing blue tears to appear.Perfect!/Ace!: The player strums correctly, causing white bolts to appear.Tap (Hold): Mute strings/Prepare to strum.This game notably features the use of the trigger buttons (🅁 being used in Righty mode, and 🄻 for Lefty mode) on the Nintendo DS to bend notes, similar to that of a whammy bar. The gameplay is similar to before, though it utilizes more complicated patterns and adds pitch bending as a mechanic.