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Rock Band 3 keyboard revealed by USA Today

Details have been pretty scant on Rock Band 3 so far, despite the best efforts of some. That all changes today as USA Today dishes on the game's 25-key piano peripheral, some of the new features and even a partial song list, which we've got after the jump (Smash Mouth, guys? Ballsy.) along with some on-video ivory tickling.

USA Today also fleshed out the "Pro" mode Ars Technica had the scoop on last month. As expected, the mode will endeavor to teach actual musical technique, either with the new keyboard, a three-cymbal upgrade for the drum kit or a hybrid controller/"full-sized, fully functional six-string Squier Stratocaster" made by Fender. Mad Catz is making a miniature Fender Mustang Pro controller for the mode too, but we're not going to miss the chance to play on instruments that don't make us look like sweaty giants.






2000s

  • Combat Baby -- Metric

  • Dead End Friends -- Them Crooked Vultures

  • Get Free -- The Vines

  • Lasso -- Phoenix

  • Me Enamora -- Juanes

  • Oh My God -- Ida Maria

  • Portions of Foxes -- Rilo Kiley

  • The Hardest Button to Button -- The White Stripes

1990s

  • Been Caught Stealing -- Jane's Addiction

  • In the Meantime -- Spacehog

  • Plush -- Stone Temple Pilots

  • Walkin' on the Sun -- Smash Mouth

1980s

  • Crazy Train -- Ozzy Osbourne

  • Here I Go Again -- Whitesnake

  • I Love Rock and Roll -- Joan Jett

  • Just Like Heaven -- The Cure

  • Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

  • The Power of Love -- Huey Lewis and the News

  • Sister Christian -- Night Ranger

1960s-1970s

  • Bohemian Rhapsody -- Queen

  • Break On Through -- The Doors

  • Crosstown Traffic -- Jimi Hendrix