Guitar Hero III features 73 songs on the game’s media; this includes the 39 single-player songs, three “Boss Battle” songs, six co-op go like greased lightning restricted songs, and 25 gratuity songs. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions encouragement downloadable comfort in the fabricate of unbeknownst songs recompense the fun. As of September 12, 2008, there are 59 songs to to as downloadable comfort recompense both platforms, bringing the all-out multitude of to to songs recompense these versions to 132.

The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions each had an restricted ado. Four downloadable songs were purely to to recompense a fixed stretch.
Guitar Hero III features 73 songs spread across both the Solo and Co-Op Career modes.[1] These songs are arranged in eight orderly tiers based on their subservient to to painfulness.

During the Solo Career condition, the trouper intent also clash three Boss Battles, a unbeknownst condition introduced in Guitar Hero III, at the ends of three tiers as listed underneath, last to performing the Encore ado. The player(s) obligated to done some or all of the songs in harmonious range (based on the go like greased lightning painfulness selected), including the Encore, to access the next harmonious. The trouper obligated to employ on the Boss Battle three times, but after the third stretch the trouper has the chance of parenthetically the Boss Battle in company to spread advance in the fun. In Co-Op Career condition, the players purely employ the oldest six tiers, do not clash any Boss Battles, and contain conflicting Encore songs from the Solo Career condition.[2]
Once a range is inaugurate at any painfulness up on, all songs except the Encores and Boss Battle songs opportunity ripe into to to recompense all other fun modes; the Encore songs opportunity ripe into to to in a trice they are completed. However, this chance is purely to to recompense the oldest two boss battles (Slash and Tom Morello), Lou has to be beaten to accredit to sheave the fun.

The three Boss Battle songs are not playable appearance of Solo Career condition. All songs (except Boss Battles) can be unlocked recompense all modes result of major deceiver codes recompense the fun, as to, recompense illustration, list in permit to a individual trouper to access the Co-Op Encore songs without having to drama result of Co-Op condition. However, these songs were to to as unchain downloadable comfort recompense the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the fun.
Downloadable songs
Both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 manifestation of Guitar Hero III drawing card the talents to download additional songs from the consoles’ particular online stores. The downloadable songs contain been released on the precise times on both the Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Store, with five exceptions. Most songs obligated to be purchased in “track packs” of three and cannot be purchased apart while purely some songs are to to as “singles.” There are a multitude of unchain songs to to. Besides the two console-exclusive songs, the three songs from the Companion Pack were not released recompense the PlayStation 3 until August 7, 2008.