Rebel Rebel · David Bowie

139 bars of 4/4 at 128 BPM, about 4:21 of playing, on crash, snare and kick.

PopRock120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewerIntermediate
TEMPO
128 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
139
LENGTH
4:21
DIFFICULTY
34/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 83% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-7, 9-15 and 17-31, and 11 more places -- 82.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 128 BPM
REBEL REBEL · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 3 times: bars 32, 36 and 68.

LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

139 bars across 2 sections: 132 keep time, 3 are fills and 3 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 96-139.

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

Questions

What BPM is Rebel Rebel?

128 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 Rebel Rebel hard to play on drums?

34 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 17 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

139 bars, about 4:21 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 7 exercises over 2 sittings, about 30 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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.

How many fills are in Rebel Rebel?

1 fill to learn, played 3 times: bars 32, 36 and 68.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 139 BARS ANALYSED
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