Caravan | Whiplash · John Wasson

362 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 10:21 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
362
LENGTH
10:21
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 6% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 201-206, 241-251 and 342-345 -- 6.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
CARAVAN | WHIPLASH · BAR 201
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

21 fills to learn, played 91 times: bars 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 31 and 85 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 21-25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 31-33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 46-47 · LANDS ON BAR 48 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

17 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

362 bars across 39 sections: 199 keep time, 91 are fills, 2 are stops and 28 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 307-319.

PART AL
CHORUS
PART S15
31 groovesBLALAFDIS15+26Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Caravan | Whiplash?

140 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 Caravan | Whiplash hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 50 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

362 bars, about 10:21 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 118 exercises over 39 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Caravan | Whiplash?

21 fills to learn, played 91 times: bars 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 31 and 85 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 362 BARS ANALYSED
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