Which is the hardest song to play and how would you rank....

**whaleboy** · Joined: 07 Feb 2006 Posts: 1

I am a newbie... And I was wondering what is the hardest song to learn and out of the following how would you rank them? 1 being the hardest down to 4 easiest.
Decontrol
Take It Off
Caveman Rejoice
Fat Lip
Story Of My Love

Thanks for the help in advance.
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**Matt** · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 3780 Location: Bethel, Vermont

I moved this topic to Tehcnique and Style, and I am adding "questions on gameplay" to the forum discription.

**schenksmill** · Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 27

In terms of expert mode I'd say:

Cowboys From Hell
Bark at the Moon
Decontrol

After those it's a bit of a tossup based on how tired I am.

Out of the ones you posted I'd proabably put Take it Off down at the bottom. After some practice this one became fairly easy for me.

**darkshell** · Joined: 06 Feb 2006 Posts: 20 Location: Livonia, MI

The hardest part (I found) with Caveman Rejoice was the 2+4, 1+3, 2+4 chord switch bit. Once you get that nailed, the rest of the song is relatively straightforward.

Looking at the high score holders, it's kind of interesting. I can play just about anything that doesn't involve super fast strumming quite well, but songs like CFH, The Breaking Wheel and BATM just screw me up.

Give me Fat Lip and Take It Off any day :P

**Atremains** · Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Posts: 648 Location: Western Mass

you guys are crazy

if were talking expert here, id have to go with texas flood

that song kills me

**RiskyChris** · Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 21

**Atremains** · Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Posts: 648 Location: Western Mass

i did five stars batm and cfh before texas flood, my opinion, those songs arent as hard as everyone makes them out to be

**Mastermind73** · Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 220 Location: Kansas City, MO

I agree about Texas Flood. Although I have no desire to destroy my hands by even attempting CFH or BatM on Expert, I would have to say that, based on Hard, Texas Flood would be easier to complete, but harder to Five.

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**Jed** · Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 656 Location: Texas

I agree with that. Texas Flood is easier to beat, but harder to 5-star. But, I will never, ever 5 star any song in the final set on Expert. I've beaten them, sure, but I'll never 5 star them. I don't alternate strum or HO/PO. >_>. Yeah, I strum every note, always down. The lone exception is that one part in Texas Flood with all the Oranges. Other than that, it's all down.

I mainly play that way for two reasons.

1: It's harder, and I like to challenge myself.

2: I just... can't do the HO/POs. Alternate strum I can probably learn to do more often, but HO/POs will never happen. Yes, I'm weird.

**jldera** · Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 4

**Atremains** · Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Posts: 648 Location: Western Mass

**Anthony** · Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 659 Location: Cali

BatM and CfH are the only 2 songs I haven't completed yet on Expert.

**jshipley** · Joined: 10 Mar 2006 Posts: 10

**TheKidsCantChill** · Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 4

I'd like to see a statistical analysis of the "hardest" song(s) based on submitted scores. I'm not sure the best formula for determining this, though... It really depends on how you want to measure difficulty. You could go be average percentage of notes struck, or average streak... Average score compared to the highest score. Largest number of users with 5 stars...

Your guess is as good as mine on how to compare the difficulty. Plus, difficulty is subjective... Some people just don't 'get' certain styles/genres of music. All the same, if anyone wants to give it a whirl based on the data, I think it'd have some interesting results.

**Matt** · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 3780 Location: Bethel, Vermont

Maybe based on the lowest % of scores with 5 stars on a given song?