Cowgirls from Heaven · Shunned at a Funeral

155 bars of 4/4 at 134 BPM, about 4:38 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
134 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
155
LENGTH
4:38
DIFFICULTY
61/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 38% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-11, 13 and 17-19, and 16 more places -- 38.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 134 BPM
COWGIRLS FROM HEAVEN · BAR 39
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 6, 7, 8, 12, 15, 16 and 26 more.

LOOP · 134 BPM
BARS 6-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 134 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 134 BPM
BARS 15-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 134 BPM
BARS 45-46 · LANDS ON BAR 47 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

155 bars across 17 sections: 63 keep time, 32 are fills, 36 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 30-35.

CHORUS
PART N
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4
PART A
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesEABXN+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Cowgirls from Heaven?

134 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Cowgirls from Heaven hard to play on drums?

61 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 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

155 bars, about 4:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 52 exercises over 16 sittings, about 27 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 Cowgirls from Heaven?

17 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 6, 7, 8, 12, 15, 16 and 26 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 155 BARS ANALYSED
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