Ziggy Stardust

**JCirri** · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 4576

**Echelar** · Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 1246 Location: Fort Wayne, IN

http://www.purplefrog.com/~thoth/guitar-hero/ziggy-stardust-4.png

See my FAQ on hard, the strategy is the same.

I got a 251,386 (1st place), with only messups in the solo and at that crazy YRG repeated part at the end, so this is probably about as good as I can do.
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**Azuarc** · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 1389 Location: Philadelphia

This song is giving me fits...not because it's hard, but because I keep screwing up the same section over and over, and I could swear I used to play that section perfectly when I first started playing on expert. I'm refering to the eighth note strings that repeat X-O-B, with the X moving from Y to R to G. I have no idea why, but I can't seem to play these. My fingering is fine; I've made some very conscientious efforts to monitor my speed to make sure I'm not rushing, but I always mess up, usually on the G near the end.

**COBW3BB** · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:16 am Post subject:

The YRG triplets are impossible...is this song truly FC proof?

edit: How the hell krimsun. Do you have an extra finger?
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**SletraBEiddE** · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 231 Location: Bethlehem, PA

**blind51de** · Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 58

Anyone else find it easier to use three fingers on the interlude notes (I don't know what else to call it)?
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**popemobile** · Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 3879

I can almost get a FC, i can get the triplets almost every time, but i always miss one note in the solo

**thekovinc** · Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 905 Location: Minneapolis, MN

**popemobile** · Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 3879

**thekovinc** · Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 905 Location: Minneapolis, MN

**emptyset** · Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:24 am Post subject:

**random** · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 59

emptyset, It looks to me like you'd get about 900 pts more if you started the last activation about a measure earlier, on the Y right before the RB chord. That assumes you can catch the Y at the end, but if you can't it'd be a little better to start on the RB instead. Theoretically. It is suspicious that there is a 6 beat measure right there, I wonder if the note chart is right...

**Riz** · Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 2011

My midi data decode shows a 6/4 measure (just the one) there as well, so I'd say the chart is right.

Riz.
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**JCirri** · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 4576

Ah yes, I didn't notice that when you posted the path in IRC. That should definately help.
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**popemobile** · Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 3879

Because it has benn requested...

POPE'S ZIGGY PATH

1. Get the first 3, use (read:squeeze) on the first set of YO chords, and you should be able to get the GY chord hold in SP

2. Get the next 2, use (still read:squeeze) in the same spot as the first

3. Whammy the next SP FULLY, right before the solo. On the Orange hold after the solo, whammy once and activate right away. If you did it right, it will end right as the hold ends before the next SP

4. Get the next 2, activate on the long RB chord hold. It should end right at the end of the triplets.

If someone wants to put this in chart form, i bet that would help