Behind These Hazel Eyes (Updated) · Kelly Clarkson

73 bars of 4/4 at a walking 90 BPM, 3:13 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

PopRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
90 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
73
LENGTH
3:13
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 8-10, 14-16 and 26-36 -- 23.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 90 BPM
BEHIND THESE HAZEL EYES (UPDATED) · BAR 8
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 17, 21, 22 and 20 more.

LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BARS 21-25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BARS 42-45 · LANDS ON BAR 46 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

73 bars across 9 sections: 37 keep time, 26 are fills, 1 is a stop and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 27-36.

PART B
PART F
CHORUS
PART F
CHORUS 2
PART P
OUTRO
6 groovesHFBPS7+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Behind These Hazel Eyes (Updated)?

90 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 Behind These Hazel Eyes (Updated) hard to play on drums?

44 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 25 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

73 bars, about 3:13 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 31 exercises over 8 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 Behind These Hazel Eyes (Updated)?

10 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 17, 21, 22 and 20 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 73 BARS ANALYSED
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