Ramble on Rose 7/7/89 · Grateful Dead

204 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 6:51 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
204
LENGTH
6:51
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10, 16 and 18, and 26 more places -- 21.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
RAMBLE ON ROSE 7/7/89 · BAR 16
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 202.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 202 · LANDS ON BAR 203
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

204 bars across 19 sections: 137 keep time, 1 is a fill, 39 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 4-18.

PART D
CHORUS
PART B
PART F
PART D
PART J
PART B
PART F
OUTRO
7 groovesEBFDJ+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Ramble on Rose 7/7/89?

120 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 Ramble on Rose 7/7/89 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 16 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

204 bars, about 6:51 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 40 exercises over 9 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Ramble on Rose 7/7/89?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 202.

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