Born to Be Wild - New Version · Krokus

129 bars of 4/4 at 137 BPM, about 3:46 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

RockMetal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
137 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
129
LENGTH
3:46
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-10, 17-22 and 25, and 3 more places -- 22.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 137 BPM
BORN TO BE WILD - NEW VERSION · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 39, 40, 64, 81, 82, 89 and 7 more.

LOOP · 137 BPM
BARS 39-40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 137 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65
LOOP · 137 BPM
BARS 81-82 · LANDS ON BAR 83 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 137 BPM
BAR 123 · LANDS ON BAR 124

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

129 bars across 16 sections: 65 keep time, 13 are fills and 35 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 106-122.

CHORUS
PART D
PART J
PART D
CHORUS 4
PART K
PART J
OUTRO 2
6 groovesCMDKJ+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Born to Be Wild - New Version?

137 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 Born to Be Wild - New Version 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 39 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

129 bars, about 3:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 37 exercises over 8 sittings, about 30 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 Born to Be Wild - New Version?

5 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 39, 40, 64, 81, 82, 89 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 129 BARS ANALYSED
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