ScoreHero's Definitive List of Guides!

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Guitar Hero

Beginner's Guide to Mastering GH1 HO/POs∞

Song_GH1_CowboysFromHell Cowboys From Hell∞
How to play - Guides by Jowhannez∞

Guitar Hero II

The Ultimate Guitar Hero II Strategy Guide∞
GH2 Xbox 360 Achievement Guide 1000/1000∞

MULTI-SONG GUIDES
The Ultimate Bonus Songs Guide (Constantly Being Updated)∞ Contains: All Bonus Songs

Song_GH2_ArterialBlack Arterial Black∞
How to play - Guides by Jowhannez∞

Song_GH2_BeastAndTheHarlot Beast and the Harlot∞
Beast And The Harlot - Expert - 5* Guide∞
Beast and the Harlot Solo D Tutorial Video∞

Song_GH2_FreeBird Free Bird∞
Completing Free Bird on Expert, section by section guide∞
Free Bird (Expert) - Strategies for some of the hard solos!∞

Song_GH2_Gemini Gemini∞
Guide to FC the Magical Beast that is Gemini!∞

Song_GH2_Hangar18 Hangar 18∞
How to play Hangar 18∞
Hangar 18 Guide∞

Song_GH2_HeartShapedBox Heart Shaped Box∞
Heart Shaped Box 3 FINGERS∞

Song_GH2_Institutionalized Institutionalized∞
How to play Institutionalized∞

Song_GH2_Jordan Jordan∞
The Official Jordan Thread!∞
The Ultimate Jordan Guide - by FretsonFireGh2 and Jowhannez∞
A Fool Proof Guide to PASSING JORDAN∞
JPrez44's Guide to a Jordan FC (Unfinished)∞
Jordan Solo B∞

Song_GH2_Misirlou Misirlou∞
Misirlou 5* Expert Guide∞
How to 5* Misirlou on Expert∞

Song_GH2_MrFixIt Mr. FixIt∞
Mr. Fixit 3 FINGERS∞

Song_GH2_Parasite Parasite∞
Parasite 3 FINGERS∞

Song_GH2_PsychobillyFreakout Psychobilly Freakout∞
The Psychobilly Freakout Help Thread (Hard & Expert)∞
How to play- Guides by Jowhannez∞
Psychobilly Freakout Expert 5-star Guide∞

Song_GH2_RockThisTown Rock This Town∞
Rock this Town expert guide∞

Song_GH2_Six Six∞
A Hopefully Helpful Guide to “Six” (Expert)∞
Strategy Guide to Five Star Six on Hard!∞

Song_GH2_TattooedLoveBoys Tattooed Love Boys∞
Tattooed Love Boys∞

Song_GH2_Trogdor Trogdor∞
Trogdor - Expert∞

Song_GH2_TheTrooper The Trooper∞
The Trooper: Solos Guide∞

Song_GH2_Woman Woman∞
Woman - Expert∞

Song_GH2_YYZ YYZ∞
My YYZ Solo D tapping method∞

Guitar Hero: Rock the 80’s

Song_GH80s_BecauseItsMidnite Because, It’s Midnite∞
A Because, It’s Midnite Solos Tapping Guide∞

Song_GH80s_CaughtInAMosh Caught in a Mosh∞
Caught in a Mosh - Expert∞

Song_GH80s_ElectricEye Electric Eye∞
Mini-Guide: Electric Eye solo E∞

Song_GH80s_PlayWithMe Play With Me∞
Play With Me: Extreme Guide∞

Song_GH80s_RoundAndRound Round and Round∞
Round and Round - Expert∞

Guitar Hero III

The ULTIMATE GH3 Guide (Unfinished)∞
GH3 HARD "The Guide" (Unfinished)∞
GH3! Xbox 360 Achievement Guide 1000/1000∞

MULTI-SONG GUIDES
Battle For Your Soul Expert Guide Version 2.2∞ Contains: Tier 8
How to not be emotionally scarred by tier 7 and 8∞ Contains: Tier 7. The title is misleading. :P
The Extremely Long Guide to Various Difficult Songs of GH3∞ Contains: CoD⇒, CoP⇒, #otB, One, Lou, RaBl⇒, and TtFaF⇒
The Guitar Virtuoso Pack∞ Contains: SWtA, FtLoG, and Soothsayer
The Ultimate Bonus Songs Guide (Constantly Being Updated)∞ Contains: All Bonus Songs
Death Magnetic Solos Guide∞ Contains: Solos of the Death Magnetic Pack

Song_GH3_3sAnd7s 3's & 7's∞
3's & 7's (And So Can You!)∞

Song_GH3_BeforeIForget Before I Forget∞
Before I Forget Expert Five-Star Guide∞
Before I Forget - Expert∞
GH3 How to 5star/FC Before I Forget∞

Song_GH3_BlackSunshine Black Sunshine∞
Black Sunshine - Expert∞

Song_GH3_BullsOnParade Bulls On Parade∞
In Depth Guide to Bulls On Parade (Unfinished) (More added!)∞

Song_GH3_CliffsOfDover Cliffs of Dover∞
CoD Intro Solo B and Monsters solo. (VIDEOS/FRETICONS)∞
Cliffs of Dover:Intro Solo B guide∞
Anatomizing The Cliffs Of Dover - 5 Star & FC Guide∞

Song_GH3_Closer Closer∞
Closer - Expert∞ <-{ROFL

Song_GH3_CultOfPersonality Cult of Personality∞
ZackaryCF's Cult of Personality Solo Guide∞
How to play Cut of Personality (EDIT: now w/ complete solo)∞
Cult Of Personality hard guide∞
Guide of Personality (REWRITTEN, COME SEE!!!)∞
The Ultimate Cult of Personality Thread∞

Song_GH3_TheDevilWentDownToGeorgia The Devil Went Down to Georgia∞
Georgia Theme Lead One Strumming Guide∞
The Devil Went Down Gergorge Thread (not official...yet)∞
DWDTG - Victory Solo K Guide∞

Song_GH3_DontHoldBack Don't Hold Back∞
Don't Hold Back Expert Guide∞

Song_GH3_EvenFlow Even Flow∞
FC Guide to Even Flow∞

Song_GH3_FCPREMIX F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X∞
How to play F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X∞
A Guide to FCPREMIX∞

Song_GH3_ForTheLoveOfGod For the Love of God∞
The Guitar Virtuoso Pack∞

Song_GH3_GenerationRock Generation Rock∞
Guide to FCing Generation Rock∞

Song_GH3_Helicopter Helicopter∞
Helicopter - Expert∞

Song_GH3_InTheBellyOfAShark In the Belly of a Shark∞
In the Belly of a Guide - How to FC the Beast∞

Song_GH3_Impulse Impulse∞
Most Impulsive Expert Guide Ever∞
Guide: Impulse - Funkiest Riff In History (video included)∞

Song_GH3_KnightsOfCydonia Knights of Cydonia∞
Knights of Cydonia 5-star Guide∞

Song_GH3_KoolThing Kool Thing∞
Kool FC Guide (Unfinished)∞

Song_GH3_LaGrange La Grange∞
La Grange - Expert∞

Lou’s Boss Battle
The easiest way to beat the devil on expert using 1 attack∞
The Unofficial Guide to Beating the Devil- All Diffs.∞

Song_GH3_MauvaisGarcon Mauvais Garcon∞
Mauvais Garcon Guide (5*/FC)∞
Mauvais Garcon Technique∞

Song_GH3_Monsters Monsters∞
CoD Intro Solo B and Monsters solo. (VIDEOS/FRETICONS)∞
Monsters Expert FC/5* guide∞

Song_GH3_MyCurse My Curse∞
My Curse Expert FC Guide∞

Song_GH3_NothingForMeHere Nothing for Me Here∞
Five Stars for You Here (NfMH Expert Guide)∞
How to play - Guides by Jowhannez∞

Song_GH3_TheNumberOfTheBeast Number of the Beast∞
The How To: Alt Strum #oftB(Simple Technique)∞
A Guide to 5-staring THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST∞
Topic #666: The Expert FC Guide to The Number of the Beast∞

Song_GH3_One One∞
One Expert 5* Guide∞
In-depth Fast Solo A Guide! (Expert)∞
One FSA Tapping guide (Undead/BBK/Strike technique)∞

Song_GH3_PaintItBlack Paint It, Black∞
Paint It Black Expert Guide∞

Song_GH3_PrayerOfTheRefugee Prayer of the Refugee∞
Prayer of the Refugee: Chord Changes You'll Learn to LOVE!∞

Song_GH3_RainingBlood Raining Blood∞
Raining Blood: No, you don’t need to start a new topic.∞
Raining Blood 5* Expert Guide∞
I randomly made a tapping guide to Raining Blood∞
GH3 How to 5 star Raining Blood on Expert∞
Flood Guide∞

Song_GH3_RockYouLikeAHurricane Rock You Like a Hurricane∞
Ultimate Rock You Like a Hurricane Thread∞
HowTo: Rock You Like a Hurricane Solo 3 FC∞

Song_GH3_SameOldSongAndDance Same Old Song and Dance∞
Same Old Song and Dance Expert 5* Guide∞

Song_GH3_TheSeeker The Seeker∞
The Seeker Bridge 1 Strumming∞

Song_GH3_Soothsayer Soothsayer∞
The Guitar Virtuoso Pack∞

Song_GH3_Stricken Stricken∞
Stricken Guide v.1.1∞
That Guide Nova Wrote about FCing Stricken∞

Song_GH3_SurfingWithTheAlien Surfing With the Alien∞
The Guitar Virtuoso Pack∞

Song_GH3_TakeThisLife Take This Life∞
Take This Life – Expert – Complete Guide∞

Song_GH3_TalkDirtyToMe Talk Dirty to Me∞
FC guide to Talk Dirty to Me∞

Song_GH3_TheWayItEnds The Way it Ends∞
The Way it Ends Expert FC/5* Guide∞


Song_GH3_ThroughTheFireAndFlames Through the Fire and Flames∞
NOTE TO READERS: There are, as you can plainly see, a large number of guides to this song. Read the titles to see what each one is about, and choose the one that best suits your goals.
NOTE TO WRITERS: Due to the massiveness of this list, guides will be rejected if they lack new, incredibly helpful information. No hard feeling if yours doesn't make it.
Compilation
The Official Through the Fire and Flames Thread∞
Through the Fire and Flames Intro: a comprehensive guide∞
My guide to fcing synth death - what the..!?∞
Through the Fire and Flames; Now up to 200 topics (35 pages)∞
In depth Guide for Passing TTFAF∞
Comprehensive Guide to Through the Fire and Flames Hard∞
Through The Fire and Flames- Bridge 1 Tutorial∞
GH3 PS2 EXPERT: TTFAF; How to tap the Red Snake.∞
TTFAF Red Snake Tutorial∞
Comprehensive Guide to 6, 7, 800,000+ on TTFAF∞
Through the fire and flames intro tapping guide∞
TTFAF Twin Solo Descending Triplets Tutorial∞
Through the Fire and Flames: Expert, Community Project∞
Bridge 1 Ending FC Guide.∞
Solos Flailing Minny-Guide∞

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

GH:A XBOX 360 Achievement guide 1000/1000∞

Song_GHA_AllDayAndAllOfTheNight All Day and All of the Night∞
All Day And All Of The Night Expert Guitar∞

Song_GHA_TrainKeptARollin Train Kept a Rollin'∞
How to Adequately Keep a Rollin'∞

Guitar Hero: On Tour

General guide to GH:OT∞

Guitar Hero World Tour

MULTI-SONG GUIDES
Death Magnetic Solos Guide∞ Contains: Solos of the Death Magnetic Pack

Song_GHWT_Assassin Assassin∞
Assassin FC Guide∞

Song_GHWT_BYOB B.Y.O.B.∞
BYOB (For Her Pleasure) - 5* Guide∞

Song_GHWT_LViaLViaquez L'Via L'Viaquez∞
L'Via L'Viaquez Solo Guide∞

Song_GHWT_SatchBoogie Satch Boogie∞
The Unofficial Satch Boogie Thread∞

Song_GHWT_ScreamAimFire Scream Aim Fire∞
Scream Aim Fire Solo Guide (with Tapping)∞

Song difficulty breakdowns
World Tour Expert Guitar FC Breakdown∞
World Tour Expert Bass FC Breakdown∞
World Tour Expert Vocals FC Breadown∞
World Tour Full Band Expert FC Breakdown∞
GH:WT Expert 5* Breakdown∞

Vocal Technique Guides
GHWT Vocals Guide∞

General Guitar Hero Stuff

Alt-Strumming
Comprehensive Alt-Strumming Guide - 360 BACK! REQUESTS OPEN!∞
Tremelo/Speed Strumming Reference (New Songs Added)∞

Battle Mode/Bosses
A Comprehensive and Complete Guide to Battle Mode Version 2∞
A comprehensive guide to the boss battles and battle mode∞

Cheating?
The Guide to What Is and Isn't viewed as cheating∞

Fingers
Comprehensive GUIDE for Ring and Pinky Fingers∞
Guide to Acquiring Fast Fingers Last update: 1/6∞
Finger Exercise Guide - Updated Sep 12/07∞

Moving From Medium to Hard
Medium to Hard: A Complete Walkthrough∞
The "Official-ish" Medium-to-Hard Strategy Guide∞
A Method to Adapt from medium to hard on GH2∞
Moving from Medium to Hard; In-depth Guide∞

Music Theory
Music Theory as it applies to GH∞

Notes-Per-Second
Notes Per Second Reference Guide∞
Guide to Calculating Notes Per Second∞

Playing with a Standard Controller
Standard Controller T,S,&G Thread v1.2∞

Practice Mode
Guide to Using Practice Mode Effectively∞
Ultimate Practice Guide (List of Songs That Are Useful In Practice Mode)∞

The Rock Meter. Yes, there is a guide for this.
Unofficial Rock Meter Guide (under construction)∞

The Scoring System
Scoring System FAQ (cutoff calculation explained!)∞
Strategy Guide --- Beyond 100%; Maximizing Your Score ∞
A Method to Reliably Obtain Exact Scores (v1.0)∞
Ultimate Guide To Raising Your SH Rank!∞
The Guide To Improving Your Scores on Any Song∞

Sliding
The Sliding Guide∞

Song Difficulty Breakdowns
Cdw01's Master Expert FC Breakdown∞
The Ultimate FC Breakdown Reference (NOW W/ HARD MASTER!)∞
Expert 5* Breakdown (GH2 360 Exclusives Added)∞
Guitar Hero Aerosmith Expert FC Breakdown∞
GH: On Tour expert 5* and FC breakdown∞
GH: Aerosmith Hard FC Breakdown∞
Alternative Guitar Hero 3 Expert FC List∞
gh3 expert fc breakdown∞

Squeezing
Squeezing Questions? Ask Here!∞
Absolutely Everything You Need to Know About Squeezing∞

Star Paths
A step-by-step guide to drawing Star Power paths (with pics)∞
Short guide to creating paths for songs you can't FC∞

"Stunts"
Stunt Guides - by Twilite∞
Playing with Power Drill∞
Playing with Wii Controller - Part 1∞
Playing with Wii Controller Part 2∞
Playing with Wii Controller - part 3∞
Playing with Feet∞
Playing with Bottle - Part 1∞
Playing With Bottle Part 2∞

Tapping
TAPPING: A Complete Beginner's Guide∞
Guide to Tapping in Guitar Hero 3∞
Tapping Technique FAQ Guide∞
The Tapping Guide(gh1 “practice mode” tip)∞
The Tapping Addicts' Technique Thread∞

Ticks
Guide to the Tick Engine in Guitar Hero 3∞

Tips From the Masters
Score Tip∞ Contains: Everything you'll ever need to know about keeping a good average.
HellAshes Technique FAQ∞ Contains: Institutionalized, H18, RaBl⇒, FB, Jordan, PwM, Detonation, NfMH, TtFaF⇒, Six, BatH, CotC, Eruption, Stop, Gemini, TDWDtG, S&D, FoP, JtF, YRGM, BIM, and General FAQs and Techniques
*NEW* Guide to the Solos: added some and cleaned up!∞ Contains: CoD⇒, #otB, Stricken, KoC⇒, SatD, and RL (Wait, who needs help on Red Lottery?)
How to play - Guides by Jowhannez∞ Contains: CfH, Institutionalized, H18, PbFo, AB, Jordan, RaBl⇒, CoP⇒, BIF, TTL, NfMH, and General Techniques
Yoda Technique Thread (Godzilla Solo)∞ Contains: Godzilla, RL (Again?!), H18, and EE
MPChedda's Video Guides(Closer Squeeze vid and TTFAF intro!)∞ Contains: PotR, Stricken, SOSaD, Closer, TtFaF⇒, and Squeezing Techniques
JPrez44's Technique, Style, and Gameplay FAQ∞ Contains: TtFaF⇒, RaBl⇒, One, Stricken, Crazy Train, CoP⇒

Triplets
The GH3 TRIPLETS-MADE-CAKE Guide! Not the common hard ways!∞

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Guide to Writing Guides∞

Freticon Archives
Now Published - Complete freticons for every GH3 song∞

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