Romeo And Juliet · Dire Straits

130 bars of 4/4 at a walking 86 BPM, 6:03 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

RockPopUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
86 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
130
LENGTH
6:03
DIFFICULTY
47/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 11, 13 and 15-16, and 15 more places -- 24% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 86 BPM
ROMEO AND JULIET · BAR 16
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

130 bars across 9 sections: 110 keep time, 1 is a fill and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 32-52.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART J
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesBJS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Romeo And Juliet?

86 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 Romeo And Juliet hard to play on drums?

47 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 24 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

130 bars, about 6:03 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 20 exercises over 8 sittings, about 25 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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