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Jacob's Ladder drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Jacob's Ladder by Rush is 115 BPM and runs 7:21: 223 bars and 2,132 notes played on the hi-hat, snare, kick, crash, floor tom, ride, tom 2 and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Hard — a real workout, so start it at half speed and bring it up.
It has 11 fills, the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
How to play Jacob's Ladder on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Jacob's Ladder come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill at bar 178 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 115 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Jacob's Ladder drum cover.
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