Busy start of the week, but I got around to trying the songs. Here's my thoughts on bass difficulty and first try scores: Biblical - Biffy Clyro: Beginner Bass Nice song. I wasn't as bad as the score would indicate, I just didn't give my bass enough time to settle in to Eb Drop Db and the detection was horrendous. Difficulty: 2 -- Pretty straightforward throughout. Slides and a bit more shifting stuff make it harder than Black Magic, but solidly fits in the Beginner bracket. Dig Up Her Bones - The Misfits: Intermediate Bass Another 1st try 100%, although if it had been score attack it would show that I definitely could use a few more runs to improve timing. Difficulty: 3-4 -- Limited shifting and string skipping, all confined to a standard small range. I think this one could be a higher-level Beginner song, or a low-level Intermediate. The toughest part of it is the sheer number of notes; nothing really fast or really technical. But, another fun and nice sounding song. Walking in the Shadow of the Blues - Whitesnake: Advanced Bass I should have had the 100%, got butterfingers. I'll try again in Score Attack when I get the chance! Difficulty: 4-5 -- Relatively straightforward throughout; nothing too technical or fast. Fretboard shifting and string skipping all in the 5th and octave type jumps that should be learned pretty early on. I think this would best fit as an Intermediate song on Bass, but in the selections this week I agree with pegging it as the 2nd hardest and therefore Advanced. Holy Wars... The Punishment Due - Megadeth: MC Bass This was my 2nd playthrough of the song, 1st was a couple weeks ago. Guess I was off my game compared to then. Difficulty: 10 -- This song is out of my league. Mainly due to the sheer speed plus fast string skipping and precisely spaced fretboard shifts requiring lightning quick reflexes and jumps. HOWEVER, if you ignore the intro and outro, the middle of the song is actually significantly easier. Not *easy*, but easier. So, if you load up the song and give up in the first few bars ... try again! Should be fun to see who can pull off the win this week. It won't be me -- I'll be quite pleased if I can just break the 95% accuracy barrier! :P