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Tom Sawyer by Rush (WaveGroup)

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

Harmonix / Rock Band / Official / Moving Pictures / 1981 / Progressive

On Expert Lead it scores D 12.19, Calc Tier 4, at or above 40% of the site’s Expert Guitar charts. On Expert Bass it scores D 10.97, Calc Tier 3, at or above 81% of the site’s Expert Bass charts. On Expert Drums it scores D 18.65, Calc Tier 4, at or above 74% of the site’s Expert Drums charts. On Expert Vocals it scores D 21.91, Calc Tier 3, at or above 51% of the site’s Expert Vocals charts. As a band it places at tier 4, the mean of its two hardest core parts.

Difficulty graph of Tom Sawyer by Rush (WaveGroup): notes per second, fret changes per second and their sum over time

PartExpertHardMediumEasy
Lead Tier 412.1940%8.0022%5.9129%3.5115%
Bass Tier 310.9781%8.3370%5.1241%3.7841%
Drums Tier 418.6574%15.9078%11.3171%11.1094%
Vocals Tier 321.9151%———

Ranked #24 of 62 songs in Rock Band 1 on Expert guitar, and #1331 of the 2,257 songs on the site with an Expert guitar chart. 652 notes over 4:47, 2.3 a second on average.

Nearby on Expert guitar: harder: In Love by Scouts of St. Sebastian (D 12.19, tier 4), I Want It All by Queen (D 12.19, tier 4); easier: Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight (Co-op) by Spinal Tap (WaveGroup) (D 12.19, tier 4), Hier Kommt Alex by Die Toten Hosen (D 12.18, tier 4)

In Rock Band 1: harder: Vasoline by Stone Temple Pilots (D 12.41, tier 4), Blood Doll by Anarchy Club (D 12.45, tier 4); easier: Timmy & the Lords of the Underworld by Timmy & the Lords of the Underworld (D 12.09, tier 3), Dani California by Red Hot Chili Peppers (D 12.04, tier 3)

More by Rush (WaveGroup): YYZ by Rush (WaveGroup) (D 13.23, 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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