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(Don't Fear) The Reaper by Blue Öyster Cult

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

Harmonix / Rock Band / Official / Agents of Fortune / 1976 / Classic Rock

On Expert Lead it scores D 31.04, Calc Tier 4, at or above 45% of the site’s Expert Guitar charts. On Expert Bass it scores D 26.84, Calc Tier 3, at or above 90% of the site’s Expert Bass charts. On Expert Drums it scores D 22.86, Calc Tier 5, at or above 92% of the site’s Expert Drums charts. On Expert Vocals it scores D 3.81, Calc Tier 0, at or above 5% of the site’s Expert Vocals charts.

Difficulty graph of (Don't Fear) The Reaper by Blue Öyster Cult: notes per second, fret changes per second and their geometric mean over time

PartExpertHardMediumEasy
Lead Tier 431.0445%18.3051%8.6145%2.5819%
Bass Tier 326.8490%14.8481%6.8968%2.0835%
Drums Tier 522.8692%17.7190%13.3389%11.3694%
Vocals Tier 03.815%

Ranked #15 of 62 songs in Rock Band 1 on Expert guitar, and #1220 of the 2,257 songs on the site with an Expert guitar chart. 1,204 notes over 5:18, 3.8 a second on average.

Nearby on Expert guitar: harder: Foolin' by Def Leppard (D 31.07, tier 4), Get Out of Denver by Bob Seger (D 31.10, tier 4); easier: Knock Em Down by Duck & Cover (D 31.02, tier 4), Schism by Tool (D 31.01, tier 4)

In Rock Band 1: harder: Vasoline by Stone Temple Pilots (D 31.80, tier 4), Nightmare by Crooked X (D 32.65, tier 4); easier: Timmy & the Lords of the Underworld by Timmy & the Lords of the Underworld (D 31.01, tier 4), Long Time (Vocal Version) by Boston (D 30.81, tier 4)

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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