DRUMY
Rope drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Rope by Foo Fighters is 138 BPM and runs 4:21: 150 bars and 2,072 notes played on the snare, kick, hi-hat, ride, crash, floor tom, tom 1 and tom 2.
The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.
It has 9 fills, its longest section is the Verse 1 (0:42) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Verse 1
- Chorus
- Verse 2
- Chorus 2
- Breakdown
- Solo
- Chorus 3
- Ending
How to play Rope on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Rope 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 105 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 138 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Rope drum cover.
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