(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 12.66, Calc Tier 4, at or above 44% of the site’s Expert Guitar charts. On Expert Bass it scores D 11.81, Calc Tier 3, at or above 87% of the site’s Expert Bass charts. On Expert Drums it scores D 22.86, Calc Tier 6, at or above 92% of the site’s Expert Drums charts. On Expert Vocals it scores D 11.96, Calc Tier 0, at or above 7% of the site’s Expert Vocals charts. As a band it places at tier 5, the mean of its two hardest core parts.
| Part | Expert | Hard | Medium | Easy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Tier 4 | 12.6644% | 9.7150% | 6.8248% | 3.8020% |
| Bass Tier 3 | 11.8187% | 8.7276% | 6.0163% | 3.3027% |
| Drums Tier 6 | 22.8692% | 17.7190% | 13.3389% | 11.3694% |
| Vocals Tier 0 | 11.967% | — | — | — |
Ranked #20 of 62 songs in Rock Band 1 on Expert guitar, and #1245 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: Texas Flood by Stevie Ray Vaughan (WaveGroup) (D 12.67, tier 4), Personality Crisis by New York Dolls (Steve Ouimette) (D 12.67, tier 4); easier: Burnin' for You by Blue Oyster Cult (D 12.66, tier 4), Cold Clear Light by Johnny Blazes and The Pretty Boys (D 12.66, tier 4)
In Rock Band 1: harder: Can't Let Go by Death of the Cool (D 12.67, tier 4), Welcome Home by Coheed and Cambria (D 12.85, tier 4); easier: Cherub Rock by The Smashing Pumpkins (D 12.61, tier 4), Blood Doll by Anarchy Club (D 12.45, 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.