747 (Strangers In The Night) · Saxon

164 bars of 4/4 at 132 BPM, about 4:58 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
132 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
164
LENGTH
4:58
DIFFICULTY
56/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 49% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 3, 5 and 7, and 69 more places -- 49.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 132 BPM
747 (STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT) · BAR 3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 19, 20, 76 and 116.

LOOP · 132 BPM
BARS 19-20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 76 · LANDS ON BAR 77 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

164 bars across 4 sections: 156 keep time, 4 are fills and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 117-164.

PART B
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesCBS2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 747 (Strangers In The Night)?

132 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 747 (Strangers In The Night) hard to play on drums?

56 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

164 bars, about 4:58 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 14 exercises over 5 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in 747 (Strangers In The Night)?

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 19, 20, 76 and 116.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 164 BARS ANALYSED
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