Surfing On A Rocket · Air

137 bars at 160 BPM -- fast, and 3:26 of it without a break -- on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieElectronic150 BPM and upFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
160 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
137
LENGTH
3:26
DIFFICULTY
35/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 100% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-92 and 97-137 -- 100% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 160 BPM
SURFING ON A ROCKET · BAR 2
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

137 bars across 3 sections: 133 keep time and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-92.

CHORUS
OUTRO
2 groovesAS2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Surfing On A Rocket?

160 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. At that speed the sixteenth notes are the whole difficulty, so the room will take it down to a quarter of it and climb back.

Is Surfing On A Rocket hard to play on drums?

35 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the speed of the hand keeping time the part that decides it. The beat itself is 21 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

137 bars, about 3:26 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 4 exercises over 2 sittings, about 17 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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