The Rock Show drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
The Rock Show by blink‐182 is 193 BPM and runs 2:52: 138 bars and 1,783 notes played on the ride, kick, snare, hi-hat, crash, floor tom and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Easy — a good first song: steady, and forgiving while you find the groove.
It has 8 fills, its longest section is the Outro (0:25) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Riff
- Verse 2
- Chorus
- Riff
- Verse 3
- Chorus
- Bridge
- Chorus
- Outro
- Fade Out
How to play The Rock Show on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of The Rock Show 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 126 at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 193 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your The Rock Show drum cover.
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