Fools Gold · The Stone Roses

118 bars of 4/4 at 112 BPM, about 4:13 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
112 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
118
LENGTH
4:13
DIFFICULTY
53/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 100% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-118 -- 100% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 112 BPM
FOOLS GOLD · BAR 1
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

118 bars: 118 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-118.

OUTRO
1 grooveAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Fools Gold?

112 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. The room plays it at any tempo from a quarter of that up to the written one, against the record where the record can follow.

Is Fools Gold hard to play on drums?

53 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 45 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

118 bars, about 4:13 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 3 exercises over 2 sittings, about 17 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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