I don't really enjoy the game, I wish there was a way to press play without taking your hands off of the positions. And my hands aren't that small so this doesn't work for me. Taking my hands off the positions cuts into the time. With the loud sound at the beginning I wasn't prepared.
Edit: with a bit of practice actually, you can get pretty good with it. But again, starting off late is a trouble for me because of the Easy and Hard start buttons.