Rock 'N' Roll Star · Oasis

179 bars of 4/4 at 138 BPM, about 5:11 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPMShuffle / tripletBeginner
TEMPO
138 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
179
LENGTH
5:11
DIFFICULTY
57/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 67% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-13, 15-47 and 49, and 12 more places -- 67.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 138 BPM
ROCK 'N' ROLL STAR · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 8, 48, 50, 54, 88, 90 and 4 more.

LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

179 bars across 5 sections: 154 keep time, 10 are fills, 5 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-47.

CHORUS
OUTRO 2
5 groovesCKGJS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Rock 'N' Roll Star?

138 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Rock 'N' Roll Star hard to play on drums?

57 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 40 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

179 bars, about 5:11 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 18 exercises over 7 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Rock 'N' Roll Star?

3 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 8, 48, 50, 54, 88, 90 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 179 BARS ANALYSED
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