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Pro Keys

These tracks are for Rock Band 3's Pro Keys mode. It was designed to simulate a real keyboard, and is played with a 2-octave keyboard peripheral or any MIDI keyboard.

Track Names

  • PART REAL_KEYS_X - Pro Keys Expert
  • PART REAL_KEYS_H - Pro Keys Hard
  • PART REAL_KEYS_M - Pro Keys Medium
  • PART REAL_KEYS_E - Pro Keys Easy

Track Notes

MIDI Note Description
Markers
127 Trill marker
126 Glissando marker
120 Big Rock Ending marker
116 Star Power marker
115 Solo marker
Notes
72 C3 (Highest note)
71 B2
70 A#2/Bb2
69 A2
68 G#2/Ab2
67 G2
66 F#2/Gb2
65 F2
64 E2
63 D#2/Eb2
62 D2
61 C#2/Db2
60 C2
59 B1
58 A#1/Bb1
57 A1
56 G#1/Ab1
55 G1
54 F#1/Gb1
53 F1
52 E1
51 D#1/Eb1
50 D1
49 C#1/Db1
48 C1 (Lowest note)
Ranges
9 Range shift: A1-C3
7 Range shift: G1-B2
5 Range shift: F1-A2
4 Range shift: E1-G2
2 Range shift: D1-F2
0 Range shift: C1-E2

Note Mechanics

Up to 4 notes are allowed at a time, and extended sustains/disjoint chords are allowed.

Phrase Mechanics

Star Power phrases mark sections of the chart where the player may gain Star Power. When Star Power is activated, points gained from notes are doubled (this applies on top of the standard combo multiplier), and health gained from hit notes drastically increases.

  • Only Star Power marked on the Expert track will work.

Trill and glissando markers are used to make glissandi and imprecise/indiscernible trills easier to play.

  • Trill markers prevent overhitting and only require the player to alternate faster than a certain threshold to hit the charted notes.
  • Trill markers should only be used with two-note trills.
  • Glissando markers, as the Rock Band Network docs describe it, disable the scoring system for the notes between the start and end of the glissando. This is vague, but it's all that's given to go off of.
  • Glissandos only work in Expert.

The range shift markers will shift the range of the keys shown on the track. In RB3, 17 keys out of the 25 keys are shown at a time, so if there are notes that go beyond the current range, the range must be shifted to show those notes.

  • These markers do not set the duration of the shift, they simply mark when the shift happens.
  • One of these shifts should be marked at the very beginning of the chart as the starting range.