Best of Everything V2 · Tom Petty

81 bars of 4/4 at a walking 82 BPM, 3:57 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Under 90 BPM
TEMPO
82 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
81
LENGTH
3:57
DIFFICULTY
34/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 21, 23 and 25-26, and 7 more places -- 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 · 82 BPM
BEST OF EVERYTHING V2 · BAR 23
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 19, 20, 27, 30, 57, 58 and 3 more.

LOOP · 82 BPM
BARS 19-20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28
LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31
LOOP · 82 BPM
BARS 57-58 · LANDS ON BAR 59 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

81 bars across 9 sections: 43 keep time, 9 are fills, 6 are stops and 14 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 43-50.

PART S1
PART D
CHORUS
PART K
PART K
PART C
OUTRO
7 groovesGCKDS1+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Best of Everything V2?

82 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 Best of Everything V2 hard to play on drums?

34 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 23 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

81 bars, about 3:57 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 27 exercises over 7 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Best of Everything V2?

6 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 19, 20, 27, 30, 57, 58 and 3 more.

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