Right Down the Line (Full Song) · Gerry Rafferty

141 bars of 4/4 at 128 BPM, about 4:24 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

RockPop120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
128 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
141
LENGTH
4:24
DIFFICULTY
52/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 100% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-141 -- 100% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 128 BPM
RIGHT DOWN THE LINE (FULL SONG) · BAR 1
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

141 bars: 141 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-141.

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

Questions

What BPM is Right Down the Line (Full Song)?

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 Right Down the Line (Full Song) hard to play on drums?

52 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 42 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

141 bars, about 4:24 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 3 exercises over 2 sittings, about 16 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.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 141 BARS ANALYSED
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