Choosin' Texas · Ella Langley

105 bars of 4/4 at 112 BPM, about 3:44 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
112 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
105
LENGTH
3:44
DIFFICULTY
45/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 69% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-5, 10-20 and 22-24, and 14 more places -- 69% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 112 BPM
CHOOSIN' TEXAS · BAR 3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 29, 36, 60, 68, 75, 83 and 4 more.

LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 68 · LANDS ON BAR 69
LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 75 · LANDS ON BAR 76
LOOP · 112 BPM
BARS 83-86 · LANDS ON BAR 87 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

105 bars across 6 sections: 83 keep time, 11 are fills, 3 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 37-59.

CHORUS
OUTRO 2
4 groovesBS4CS5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Choosin' Texas?

112 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 Choosin' Texas hard to play on drums?

45 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 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

105 bars, about 3:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 20 exercises over 7 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Choosin' Texas?

5 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 29, 36, 60, 68, 75, 83 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 105 BARS ANALYSED
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