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Wave of Mutilation by Pixies

A Rock Band chart, from the Rock Band 1 pack.

Harmonix / Rock Band / Official / Doolittle / 1989 / Alternative

On Expert Lead it scores D 9.94, Calc Tier 1, at or above 3% of the site’s Expert Guitar charts. On Expert Bass it scores D 9.36, Calc Tier 1, at or above 31% of the site’s Expert Bass charts. On Expert Drums it scores D 14.58, Calc Tier 3, at or above 29% of the site’s Expert Drums charts. On Expert Vocals it scores D 4.97, Calc Tier 1, at or above 13% of the site’s Expert Vocals charts.

Difficulty graph of Wave of Mutilation by Pixies: notes per second, fret changes per second and their geometric mean over time

PartExpertHardMediumEasy
Lead Tier 19.943%6.283%4.6110%2.6120%
Bass Tier 19.3631%7.5835%2.8418%3.2655%
Drums Tier 314.5829%12.2426%10.2755%7.3156%
Vocals Tier 14.9713%

Ranked #59 of 62 songs in Rock Band 1 on Expert guitar, and #2189 of the 2,257 songs on the site with an Expert guitar chart. 273 notes over 2:01, 2.3 a second on average.

Nearby on Expert guitar: harder: 2112 Pt. 5 - Oracle: The Dream by Rush (D 9.94, tier 1), Mr. Roboto by Styx (D 10.07, tier 1); easier: How You Remind Me by Nickelback (D 9.88, tier 1), Cool for Cats by Squeeze (D 9.87, tier 1)

In Rock Band 1: harder: When You Were Young by The Killers (D 10.50, tier 1), Here It Goes Again by OK Go (D 10.68, tier 1); easier: Maps by Yeah Yeah Yeahs (D 9.75, tier 1), I Think I'm Paranoid by Garbage (D 9.54, tier 1)

More by Pixies: The Sad Punk by Pixies (D 15.53, tier 2), Debaser by Pixies (D 11.44, tier 1), Monkey Gone to Heaven by Pixies (D 8.71, tier 1)

From Rock Band 1, whose every song is ranked by difficulty on its page.

D is the difficulty fretwork computes from the chart’s note density and movement, with the percentile among charts of the same instrument and level on the site and the Calc Tier anchored to the Expert chart; how it is scored and what the library holds. A number opens that chart’s graph.

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