Ramblin' Gamblin' Man · Bob Seger

76 bars of 4/4 at 132 BPM, about 2:18 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
132 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
76
LENGTH
2:18
DIFFICULTY
46/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 92% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-45 and 51-75 -- 92.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 132 BPM
RAMBLIN' GAMBLIN' MAN · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

76 bars across 3 sections: 74 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-45.

CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesABFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Ramblin' Gamblin' Man?

132 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 Ramblin' Gamblin' Man hard to play on drums?

46 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 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

76 bars, about 2:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 7 exercises over 2 sittings, about 29 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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