Angel Mine · Cowboy Junkies

110 bars of 4/4 at 114 BPM, about 3:52 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Country / FolkJazz / Blues90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
114 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
110
LENGTH
3:52
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 80% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-36, 41-60 and 65-72, and 2 more places -- 80.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 114 BPM
ANGEL MINE · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

110 bars across 10 sections: 92 keep time, 1 is a stop and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-36.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4
OUTRO 2
4 groovesBCS1EFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Angel Mine?

114 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 Angel Mine hard to play on drums?

49 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 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

110 bars, about 3:52 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 4 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 110 BARS ANALYSED
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