Ghost Riders In The Sky · Johnny Cash

94 bars of 4/4 at a walking 109 BPM, 3:22 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Country / FolkRock90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
109 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
94
LENGTH
3:22
DIFFICULTY
51/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 36% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 52-63 and 65-85 -- 35.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 109 BPM
GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY · BAR 52
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

94 bars across 5 sections: 89 keep time and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 52-85.

PART B
PART D
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesEDBHS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Ghost Riders In The Sky?

109 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 Ghost Riders In The Sky hard to play on drums?

51 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the speed of the hand keeping time. The beat itself is 42 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

94 bars, about 3:22 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 14 exercises over 4 sittings, about 27 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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