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**bmah** · 01-20-2012, 12:11 PM

I think Try to Star is a high 10 because, despite the BPM, the song is mostly 8th streams and jumps at a steady pace without many difficulty spikes. The trills only come twice, and they're two-handed trills (I don't find the hands a biggie but that's just my personal experience). The song is not short, but it's not long either - I'd still fit it into the "moderate length" category.

I like to compare this song to Run Through the Stream of Time, which is still a fast song at 195 BPM but is four minutes long, also very dense (see the NPS chart) and jumpy, and also has a number of 32nd bursts too. Not to mention, this song isn't even considered as a borderline 10.

Radio Heads is an even closer analog to Try to Star, but I'm not comparing it because it's considered a LOW 11 mainly for the long and constant 8th jacks unique to that song. Without the jacks, what room does the FMO range have for a file like Try to Star?

01-20-2012, 12:11 PM	#2
bmah shots FIRED Global Moderator, User Support, Judge Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Edmonton, AB Age: 35 Posts: 8,448	Re: Try to Star [10 or 11] I think Try to Star is a high 10 because, despite the BPM, the song is mostly 8th streams and jumps at a steady pace without many difficulty spikes. The trills only come twice, and they're two-handed trills (I don't find the hands a biggie but that's just my personal experience). The song is not short, but it's not long either - I'd still fit it into the "moderate length" category. I like to compare this song to Run Through the Stream of Time, which is still a fast song at 195 BPM but is four minutes long, also very dense (see the NPS chart) and jumpy, and also has a number of 32nd bursts too. Not to mention, this song isn't even considered as a borderline 10. Radio Heads is an even closer analog to Try to Star, but I'm not comparing it because it's considered a LOW 11 mainly for the long and constant 8th jacks unique to that song. Without the jacks, what room does the FMO range have for a file like Try to Star?