Ruler of my Heart · Alien Stage

89 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 2:58 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
89
LENGTH
2:58
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 70% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-15, 17-19 and 21-23, and 12 more places -- 70% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 120 BPM
RULER OF MY HEART · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

89 bars across 9 sections: 67 keep time, 1 is a stop and 19 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 12-44.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesCS1AS3S7+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Ruler of my Heart?

120 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 Ruler of my Heart 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 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

89 bars, about 2:58 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 5 sittings, about 19 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

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