Need help regarding the e medal boss fight

[jcy001159006]

I understand the mechanics to beating that eel, but I ive been playing that tune as per its bubble direction for a combined 30 mins, half on its head and half jumping around avoiding it, but its getting me no where and at this point I really wonder if im missing something??? Please help a tortured bastard out...

[gamatecal]

You're doing it right, just make sure its the bubbles direction, and not relative to the eel.

[jcy001159006]

Originally posted by gamatecal:

You're doing it right, just make sure its the bubbles direction, and not relative to the eel.

This is indeed what I am doing.... for 30 mins. Do you know if there's any feedback for a correct input, or I really just have been missing notes here and there? And how long will I have to be correct for? one song (between the pause), or multiple?

[Perseus]

Originally posted by jcy001159006:

Do you know if there's any feedback for a correct input,

The eel will go offscreen to the right, come back and stop moving.

Originally posted by jcy001159006:

And how long will I have to be correct for? one song (between the pause), or multiple?

One song, which i think lasts eight notes. It's always the same one.
Edit: The videos i find seem to suggest that the eel only spits out seven bubbles, but one video says that the song starts with "up" (which the eel doesn't bubble towards).
Maybe the game assumes that the "default note" (which is "up") when you activate the flute counts as a note?
In any case, the full song (with the additional "up" at the start) is as follows :
As directions : up, up-left, down, down-left, left, down-left, up-right, up-left.
As numpad input : 87214197

A few tips :
-You need to play the whole song without canceling out of using the flute in-between notes.
-For each note, hold the directions first, then press the action button (which plays the note), then stop pressing the action button, then press the directions for the next note, and so on.