American Pie by Don McLean
A Band Hero chart.
Neversoft / Band Hero / Official / American Pie / 1971 / Classic Rock
On Expert Lead it scores D 19.27, Calc Tier 3, at or above 19% of the site’s Expert Guitar charts. On Expert Bass it scores D 13.55, Calc Tier 2, at or above 55% of the site’s Expert Bass charts. On Expert Drums it scores D 16.47, Calc Tier 4, at or above 52% of the site’s Expert Drums charts. On Expert Vocals it scores D 24.02, Calc Tier 6, at or above 99% of the site’s Expert Vocals charts.
| Part | Expert | Hard | Medium | Easy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Tier 3 | 19.2719% | 14.1731% | 9.0347% | 6.3474% |
| Bass Tier 2 | 13.5555% | 8.8646% | 6.9169% | 5.3886% |
| Drums Tier 4 | 16.4752% | 15.0468% | 10.1453% | 9.7684% |
| Vocals Tier 6 | 24.0299% | — | — | — |
Ranked #27 of 65 songs in Band Hero on Expert guitar, and #1825 of the 2,257 songs on the site with an Expert guitar chart. 1,427 notes over 8:31, 2.8 a second on average.
Nearby on Expert guitar: harder: Tina by Flyleaf (D 19.34, tier 3), Via Le Mani Dagli Occhi by Negramaro (D 19.37, tier 3); easier: Misery Business by Paramore (D 19.27, tier 3), If It Bleeds by Poppy (D 19.18, tier 3)
In Band Hero: harder: Every Rose Has Its Thorn by Poison (D 19.46, tier 3), Sugar, We're Goin Down by Fall Out Boy (D 19.58, tier 3); easier: Y.M.C.A. by Village People (D 18.82, tier 3), Hands Down by Dashboard Confessional (D 18.58, tier 3)
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.