Rock Band 3

Rock Band 3

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Pro Keyboardist

Pro Keyboardist

Hit at least 90% of the notes in 3 songs on Expert Pro Keys.

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How to unlock the Pro Keyboardist achievement in Rock Band 3 - Definitive Guide

This is really easy even if you have no idea how to play Keys.

1) Need You Tonight: A single three-note chord repeated about 20 times.

2) Whip It: Two easy patterns repeated a few times and a third easy pattern that appears once.

3) Rainbow in the Dark: A single repeating pattern on Yellow and Blue. It appears during choruses maybe four times in the song. Put your left fingers on the yellow keys and your right index, middle, and ring fingers on the blue keys. The pattern appears right at the beginning of the song so start over a few times until you get the hang of it.
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27 Oct 2010 19:12

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Before I Forget is another really easy one, just a few slow single sustains. Thanks for the tips on Rainbow In the Dark, that was my third one!
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By Potato Handle on 28 Oct 2010 09:15
Thanks, I'll try these out later
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By Calex dEUS on 03 Nov 2010 00:02
The solution was excellent, although it took me three times to get 90% on Whip It
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By KirkSadler on 05 Nov 2010 00:22
If you are having trouble with Whip It, try laying the guitar on your lap and using two hands. Of course doing this negates the awesomeness of playing a Devo song on a real keytar, but it might help you hit the right notes :P
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By Cheese Touch on 08 Nov 2010 05:27
Thanks for the guide, vSully. Need You Tonight is the easiest to play of all. Whip It took a couple tries. I really struggled with Rainbow... so I switched songs to The Beautiful People: Three patterns -- one not too bad, one really easy, and one that shows up only in the outro that isn't too bad either. Took two tries after some practice with the trainer.
Thanks again for the help.
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By Woodmans Stroke on 19 Nov 2010 01:25
Probably a stupid question - but does this require the keytar?
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By killerbeej2 on 08 Dec 2010 13:51
The Keytar or a midi keyboard and the pro adapter.

If you like buying DLC, Helen Wheels seems pretty easy as well.
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By Chairchucker on 26 May 2011 08:50
Worked perfectly... Thanks!
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By Elwood B on 12 Aug 2011 19:56
Good guide, although I found "Before I Forget" by Slipknot to be much easier than "Rainbow in the Dark."
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By Hunter Kahn on 16 Jul 2013 04:43
It likely is. When I got this achievement and then wrote up the solution, I had only played a handful of songs and included the three that I found easiest out of the several I played. I didn't delve very deep into the setlist.
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By vSully on 16 Jul 2013 20:09
I had no problem doing these songs on expert.took like 3 goes to nail rainbow in dark....awesome tips.
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By Diesel Foley on 21 Nov 2014 07:01
Just like heaven by the cure is another easy song to do on expert
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By LeonThePlum on 21 Jan 2018 20:36
So for Rainbow in the Dark, you can turn on "No Fail" mode and rest your and right hands across all of the white keys on Yellow, Blue, and Green and rapidly pound away on all of the keys whenever there is a key part. I got it 100% first try this way.
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By Kirkless on 28 Dec 2019 16:34
So for Rainbow in the Dark, you can turn on "No Fail" mode and rest your and right hands across all of the white keys on Yellow, Blue, and Green and rapidly pound away on all of the keys whenever there is a key part. I got it 100% first try this way.
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By Kirkless on 29 Dec 2019 05:07
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The only thing I can add to Sully's method which helped me out greatly is to spam Rainbow in the Dark. Since there are no chords, just spam all the buttons the song plays really fast and you'll hit them all and get 100% by the end of the song. It doesn't matter if you keep hearing and seeing misses, you are obviously still hitting the notes. To make sure you are, be in the challenge so you can see your %. This song gave me some trouble compared to the first two.
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29 Dec 2010 20:01

Just to add on to the guides above. If you have a few extra points, I would recommend buying the song Helen Wheels by Paul McCartney & Wings. There are only 6 notes in the entire song and they are just the same 2 notes repeated at 3 different places in the song. Hope this helps if you are having trouble.
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13 Feb 2011 08:07

The songs I felt had the least amount of parts were:

INXS Need you tonight - one pattern intermittently repeated

Slipknot Before I Forget - No chords, mostly blue 2 then a couple of not unreasonable busy sections

Marilyn Manson The Beautiful People - I just found it ridiculously easy.
2 different sections throughout then changes up at the end.

guarantee you play through twice (once to learn) and you could probably 100% these
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24 Nov 2010 02:38

Few others that are VERY simple:

Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London - same path thru-out, little scale near end, but really doesnt matter.

B-52s - Rock Lobster - Same pattern repeated. If you've not got it by the time he says "Whale" - restart as they're are no Key notes after that.

(best to have the goal achievement playing whilst going for this - you can see the % while you play)
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05 Dec 2010 21:37

Another DLC song that's pretty easy on keys is "Crawling" by Linkin Park. After the opening it's mostly just a few sustained notes throughout the rest of the song and a couple repetitions of the opening pattern.

"Let Me Roll It" by Paul McCartney and Wings is also fairly easy.
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29 Mar 2011 05:23

Rock Band 3 on-disc:
"Need You Tonight" by INXS

Go into Practice/Train Song mode (press the Y button to get to the song details). Choose Train Song to find the correct keys to hit. You need to hit all 3 keys at the same time, every time. If you can master that, you're good to go. Training should last less than a half minute. A video can be found below.



DLC:
"Helen Wheels" by Paul McCartney & Wings

Go into Practice/Train Song mode (press the Y button to get to the song details). Choose Train Song to find the correct keys to hit. You need to hit only 2 keys, one after the other near the end of the "Helen (helen)! Hell on wheels!" part. This occurs 3 times throughout the entire song for a total of 6 notes. The first 2 notes you hit will give you overdrive. If you can master that, you're good to go. Training should last less than a half minute. A video can be found below. Too easy right?

Download links:
"Helen Wheels" by Paul McCartney & Wings (single)
OR
Celebrating Band on the Run Pack (includes "Helen Wheels" and 3 other songs by Paul McCartney & Wings)



Rock Band Network (RBN) DLC:
"Garble Arch" by Blame Ringo

Since this one is a Rock Band Network track, you'll need to make sure that you download the full song. Achievements, leaderboards, and some other features (such as practice mode and train song) are disabled with the trial/demo song. "Garble Arch" was authored by DLCquickplay.com.

Go into Practice/Train Song mode (press the Y button to get to the song details). Choose Train Song to find the correct keys to hit. There are 8 total notes in the entire song (4 different chords containing only 2 keys). I highly recommend practicing the ending of the song as there are NO NOTES for over 2 minutes into song. The only section the keyboardist plays is the ending. If you can master that, you should be good to go. This one make take a bit to learn, but not as long most other songs. A video can be found below.

Download links:
"Garble Arch" by Blame Ringo (RBN single - full song)



FYI: You can play any song with NO-FAIL MODE enabled and STILL UNLOCK THE ACHIEVEMENT. In other words, you could play "Rainbow in the Dark" by Dio and spam (i.e. randomly hit) the correct keys to unlock this achievement. And yes, I actually used this method to unlock it (before the release of "Garble Arch" noted above).



NOTES:

As mentioned before, you might want to go and play the goal itself instead of going into Quickplay to choose songs.

CAREER -> MY GOALS -> PRO KEYBOARD -> GENERAL PRO KEYBOARD GOALS -> 90% EXPERT PRO KEYS (the red 90% keyboard icon)

Simply press the green A button to play the goal. When the song plays, you'll see your percentage of notes hit in the upper right corner. It needs to be 90% or higher and will turn green when it has.


VIDEO CREDITS
The videos below are NOT mine. Credit for these videos belong to the following YouTube users (in order of appearance below).
Need You Tonight (Rock Band 3, Pro Keys Expert, Gold Star FC): mikefromsantee
Paul McCartney - Helen Wheels - Pro Keys Expert FC GS 1st Place OMG: DreadfulRay
Garble Arch - Blame Ringo Expert All Instruments RBN thenewnoelisoncruz
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24 Jun 2011 15:29

This is a decent list, though there are other songs that are just as easy, though mostly Tier 0-1 songs.

These include:

Tegan and Sara: The Con.
No chords for its entirety, opening with fairly easy single sustains. There are two identical sections towards the middle and end which alternate between four close keys and is not hard to nail with a little practice.

Metric: Combat Baby
Very easy single sustains around the start, followed by a mildly tricky alternating pattern that can be nailed with some practice. Chords can be daunting for new players but they are few and far between.

The Sounds: Living In America.
Notes you need to hit are quite close together and there are no chords present. There is a tricky part towards the end that will most likely get beginners but it gets easier with practice and shouldn't really inhibit the 90% requirement.

Hope this helps for people who want a bit of variety. :).
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17 Dec 2011 06:53

This one will need a little training since Expert Pro Keys are quite hard. Try to do this on 3 of the low tier songs on Pro Keys.

"Need You Tonight" is the easiest Pro Keys songs, since it's only the same chord repeating throughout the song, so it's a good starting point. Other recommended songs are:

Whip It
Werewolves of London
Before I Forget
Living in America

I did it on "Need You Tonight", "Whip It" and "Before I Forget".

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There are some easy songs on pro keys but this still may take some practice. Need You Tonight is by far the easiest song, and you can check out the rest of the songs on the zero dot level to find one that suits your style and ability.

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