Knocking on Heavens Door - DRUM COVER · GUNS N' ROSES

180 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 5:46 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
180
LENGTH
5:46
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 23, 30 and 47, and 15 more places -- 23.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 125 BPM
KNOCKING ON HEAVENS DOOR - DRUM COVER · BAR 23
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 8, 12, 16, 24, 31, 32 and 14 more.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 31-32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

180 bars across 19 sections: 112 keep time, 20 are fills, 19 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 112-139.

PART F
CHORUS 2
PART N
PART G
CHORUS 4
PART G
PART AC
OUTRO
10 groovesCGFACN+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Knocking on Heavens Door - DRUM COVER?

125 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 Knocking on Heavens Door - DRUM COVER hard to play on drums?

40 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 18 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

180 bars, about 5:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 52 exercises over 11 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Knocking on Heavens Door - DRUM COVER?

7 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 8, 12, 16, 24, 31, 32 and 14 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 180 BARS ANALYSED
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