[SputnikOwns]

You hit level 1 when the weighted average of your top 15 AAA equivalencies hits 1.00.

I've found that people get their first AAA equivalency on files that are closer to Lvl 10. The reason for this is that even a few 'goods' on a lvl 1 gets you a zero equivalency. I usually suggest Pollyanna (lvl 11) as a first song to score on after you've played a little bit.

Novices need to develop a certain level of accuracy to begin scoring equivalencies. At that point, improvement comes quickly.

Perhaps there should be a handful more lvl 1 songs, but none of my friends have ever had difficulty swiftly being able to play harder files than that.