Bette Davis Eyes · Kim Carnes

106 bars of 4/4 at 117 BPM, about 3:37 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

RockHip Hop / Reggae90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
117 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
106
LENGTH
3:37
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 53% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 24-33, 54-63 and 65-67, and 5 more places -- 53.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 117 BPM
BETTE DAVIS EYES · BAR 25
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 23, 53, 64, 68, 83, 91 and 3 more.

LOOP · 117 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 117 BPM
BAR 83 · LANDS ON BAR 84 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

106 bars across 9 sections: 75 keep time, 9 are fills, 1 is a stop and 14 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-22.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
OUTRO 2
5 groovesDBS1S4S7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Bette Davis Eyes?

117 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 Bette Davis Eyes hard to play on drums?

43 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 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

106 bars, about 3:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 4 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Bette Davis Eyes?

2 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 23, 53, 64, 68, 83, 91 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 106 BARS ANALYSED
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