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The music portions of the game remain the same as the Rock Band series. Up to four local players can play as lead and bass guitar, drums, and vocals across the songs in the game using special controllers designed Rock Band or Guitar Hero games.[7] During each song, each player attempts to match notes as they scroll on-screen in time with the current song; for lead and bass guitar this is by holding down the corresponding frets and using the controller’s strum bar;

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Completing consecutive series of notes will build up a player’s scoring multiplier and add to the band’s score for the song. Certain phrases of notes will be marked as glowing notes; successfully completing these add to the player’s “Overdrive” meter,