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==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
 
[[File:Tap_Troupe_Remix_10.png|thumb|220px]]In Tap Troupe, the player controls one of four [[Tall Tappers]]. The tappers' legs occupy most of the screen, while their faces are seen in the bottom left. The player must maintain a steady beat with the rest of the tappers, pressing A on every beat. At certain parts of the game, a voice off-screen will say "Rea-dy!" and the player must shift their rhythm to a 4:3 polymeter, with button presses now being on a dotted eighth note rhythm. The player must continue this rhythm until a voice saying "Tap, tap, tap!" prompts the player to return to a steady four on the floor rhythm. The final "tap" will always be on the next available beat in the original groove, regardless of where the previous two land, meaning the distance between the second and third tap will occasionally be shorter or longer. If the player successfully executes the alternate rhythm, the Tall Tappers will shout "OK!", and periodically fire off party poppers or raise "OK" hand symbols as distractions.
[[File:Tap_Troupe_Remix_10.png|thumb|220px]]In this game, the player controls the fourth Tall Tapper in line (far right), with their face being visible near the bottom-left of the screen. When the game starts, the members of the troupe will start stepping at a steady beat. The player needs to step along with them. At certain parts of the game, a voice will say "Rea-dy!", and the tappers get on their toes and continue tapping. When this happens, the speed of tapping increases to once every 3/4th (dotted eighth note worth) of a note, in comparison to once every note. The length of this sequence varies. After a while, a voice will say "Tap, tap, tap!", requiring the player to tap on those beats, then go back to the original beat.
 
In the 3/4th note rhythm, the beat is steady. When the voice says "Tap, tap, tap," the gap between the second last to the last tap can either be 1/2 (eighth note), 3/4 (dotted eighth note), or 1 beat (quarter note) long, depending on the gap to the next measure.
 
[3] "Tap-tap-tap": The gap lasts 3/4th of a note ''(REGULAR'').
 
[6] "Ba-bam-ba-tap-tap·tap": The gap lasts a 1/2 note ''(SHORTER)''.
 
[8+3] "Ba-bam-ba-bam-ba-bam-ba-bam-tap-tap-tap": The gap lasts 3/4th of a note ''(REGULAR)''.
 
[5+3] "Ba-bam-ba-bam-ba-tap-tap—tap": The gap lasts 1 note ''(LONGER)''. Occurs once in Tap Troupe.
 
[19+3] "Ba (x19)-tap-tap·tap": The gap lasts a 1/2 note ''(SHORTER)''. Occurs once in Remix 7.


==Controls==
==Controls==
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