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Rock Star by N*E*R*D

A Band Hero chart.

Neversoft / Band Hero / Official / In Search Of... / 2002 / Hip Hop

On Expert Lead it scores D 9.46, Calc Tier 2, at or above 14% of the site’s Expert Guitar charts. On Expert Bass it scores D 6.88, Calc Tier 0, at or above 18% of the site’s Expert Bass charts. On Expert Drums it scores D 15.32, Calc Tier 3, at or above 38% of the site’s Expert Drums charts. On Expert Vocals it scores D 24.97, Calc Tier 4, at or above 69% 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 Rock Star by N*E*R*D: notes per second, fret changes per second and their sum over time

PartExpertHardMediumEasy
Lead Tier 29.4614%7.6016%6.2736%5.2461%
Bass Tier 06.8818%5.4811%4.9135%4.2556%
Drums Tier 315.3238%14.0656%10.8865%7.8064%
Vocals Tier 424.9769%———

Ranked #36 of 65 songs in Band Hero on Expert guitar, and #1928 of the 2,257 songs on the site with an Expert guitar chart. 928 notes over 4:18, 3.6 a second on average.

Nearby on Expert guitar: harder: In the Shadows by The Rasmus (D 9.46, tier 2), One Step Closer by Linkin Park (D 9.47, tier 2); easier: Behind The Mask by Anarchy Club (D 9.45, tier 2), Everyone Is Someone in L.A. by Felix da Housecat (D 9.45, tier 2)

In Band Hero: harder: Take What You Take by Lily Allen (D 9.48, tier 2), Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves (D 9.53, tier 2); easier: Let's Dance by David Bowie (D 9.42, tier 2), Back Again by Paracute (D 9.32, tier 2)

From Band Hero, 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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