California Stars (Live) · Wilco

124 bars of 4/4 at 115 BPM, about 4:19 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

Jazz / BluesRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
115 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
124
LENGTH
4:19
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 42% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 21-24, 33-36 and 45-48, and 5 more places -- 42.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 115 BPM
CALIFORNIA STARS (LIVE) · BAR 21
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 52, 72, 80, 96, 120 and 121.

LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 72 · LANDS ON BAR 73 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 80 · LANDS ON BAR 81
LOOP · 115 BPM
BARS 120-121 · LANDS ON BAR 122 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

124 bars across 17 sections: 89 keep time, 6 are fills, 4 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 81-95.

COUNT-IN
PART C
PART F
PART C
PART F
CHORUS 4
CHORUS 5
OUTRO 2
6 groovesEFCBS1+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is California Stars (Live)?

115 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 California Stars (Live) 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 35 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

124 bars, about 4:19 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 30 exercises over 8 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid 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 California Stars (Live)?

4 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 52, 72, 80, 96, 120 and 121.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 124 BARS ANALYSED
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