Ed Sheeran;) · Shape of You

275 bars of 4/4 at a walking 96 BPM, 11:26 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
96 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
275
LENGTH
11:26
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 190, 215-226 and 231-246, and 1 more place -- 21.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 96 BPM
ED SHEERAN;) · BAR 215
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

275 bars across 30 sections: 196 keep time and 65 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 214-246.

PART B
PART D
BREAK 3
CHORUS
OUTRO
22 groovesPDKBS13+17Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Ed Sheeran;)?

96 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 Ed Sheeran;) hard to play on drums?

39 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 16 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

275 bars, about 11:26 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 50 exercises over 12 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

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