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Sabotage by Beastie Boys

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

Harmonix / Rock Band / Official / Ill Communication / 1994 / Rock

On Expert Lead it scores D 9.34, Calc Tier 2, at or above 13% of the site’s Expert Guitar charts. On Expert Bass it scores D 10.40, Calc Tier 3, at or above 76% of the site’s Expert Bass charts. On Expert Drums it scores D 11.48, Calc Tier 1, at or above 5% of the site’s Expert Drums charts. On Expert Vocals it scores D 2.88, Calc Tier 0, at or above 2% of the site’s Expert Vocals charts. As a band it places at tier 2, the mean of its two hardest core parts.

Difficulty graph of Sabotage by Beastie Boys: notes per second, fret changes per second and their sum over time

PartExpertHardMediumEasy
Lead Tier 29.3413%8.1925%5.0912%3.4414%
Bass Tier 310.4076%9.8487%3.546%2.8916%
Drums Tier 111.485%10.5710%9.3943%6.4442%
Vocals Tier 02.882%———

Ranked #44 of 62 songs in Rock Band 1 on Expert guitar, and #1950 of the 2,257 songs on the site with an Expert guitar chart. 645 notes over 2:56, 3.7 a second on average.

Nearby on Expert guitar: harder: Turning Japanese by The Vapors (WaveGroup) (D 9.35, tier 2), Friday I'm in Love by The Cure (D 9.35, tier 2); easier: It's Nice To Know You Work Alone by Silversun Pickups (D 9.33, tier 2), Mr. Fix It by The Amazing Crowns (D 9.33, tier 2)

In Rock Band 1: harder: I'm So Sick by Flyleaf (D 9.44, tier 2), I Get By by Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives (D 9.71, tier 2); easier: In Bloom by Nirvana (D 8.97, tier 2), 29 Fingers by The Konks (D 8.82, tier 2)

More by Beastie Boys: Gratitude by Beastie Boys (D 10.28, tier 3), Sabotage by Beastie Boys (D 9.08, tier 2), So What'cha Want by Beastie Boys (D 7.87, 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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