Riders on the Storm · Snoop Dogg

144 bars of 4/4 at a walking 102 BPM, 5:39 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
102 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
144
LENGTH
5:39
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 98% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-44, 47-89 and 91-144 -- 97.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 102 BPM
RIDERS ON THE STORM · BAR 1
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

144 bars: 144 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-144.

OUTRO
1 grooveAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Riders on the Storm?

102 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 Riders on the Storm 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 27 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

144 bars, about 5:39 at the written tempo. The course takes it in a single sitting of 3 exercises.

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.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 144 BARS ANALYSED
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