Dance Me To The End Of Love · Leonard Cohen

82 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 2:31 of playing, on snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

Country / FolkRock120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
82
LENGTH
2:31
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 100% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-82 -- 100% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 130 BPM
DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE · BAR 1
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

82 bars: 82 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-82.

OUTRO
1 grooveAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Dance Me To The End Of Love?

130 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 Dance Me To The End Of Love hard to play on drums?

41 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 30 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

82 bars, about 2:31 at the written tempo. The course takes it in a single sitting of 3 exercises.

What do I need on the kit?

snare, kick and hi-hat foot. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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