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21st Century Schizoid Man by King Crimson

A Guitar Hero 5 chart.

Neversoft / Guitar Hero 5 / Official / In The Court Of The Crimson King / 1969 / Progressive Rock

On Expert Lead it scores D 17.57, Calc Tier 6, at or above 73% of the site’s Expert Guitar charts. On Expert Bass it scores D 14.13, Calc Tier 4, at or above 95% of the site’s Expert Bass charts. On Expert Drums it scores D 32.32, Calc Tier 8, at or above 99% of the site’s Expert Drums charts. On Expert Vocals it scores D 10.44, Calc Tier 0, at or above 5% of the site’s Expert Vocals charts. As a band it places at tier 7, the mean of its two hardest core parts.

Difficulty graph of 21st Century Schizoid Man by King Crimson: notes per second, fret changes per second and their sum over time

PartExpertHardMediumEasy
Lead Tier 617.5773%12.2177%9.6487%7.3493%
Bass Tier 414.1395%10.9094%8.3996%7.7599%
Drums Tier 832.3299%23.9499%16.8899%10.5691%
Vocals Tier 010.445%———

Ranked #6 of 90 songs in Guitar Hero 5 on Expert guitar, and #568 of the 2,257 songs on the site with an Expert guitar chart. 1,375 notes over 6:54, 3.3 a second on average.

Nearby on Expert guitar: harder: Strife (Chug Chug) by As Blood Runs Black (D 17.58, tier 6), Nautical by Protest the Hero (D 17.58, tier 6); easier: Cocktail Hour by FΛDE (D 17.57, tier 6), No One To Depend On (Live) by Santana (D 17.57, tier 6)

In Guitar Hero 5: harder: Do You Feel Like We Do (Live) by Peter Frampton (D 18.11, tier 6), Demon by Darkest Hour (D 18.13, tier 6); easier: No One To Depend On (Live) by Santana (D 17.57, tier 6), 2 Minutes To Midnight by Iron Maiden (D 16.49, tier 5)

From Guitar Hero 5, 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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