Father And Son · Cat Stevens

61 bars, 3:33, at 67 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot and nothing else.

Country / FolkPopUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
67 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
61
LENGTH
3:33
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 24, 27 and 34-35, and 3 more places -- 19.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 67 BPM
FATHER AND SON · BAR 24
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 25, 28, 29, 36, 40, 51 and 2 more.

LOOP · 67 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26
LOOP · 67 BPM
BARS 28-29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 67 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37
LOOP · 67 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

61 bars across 7 sections: 29 keep time, 8 are fills, 3 are stops and 15 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 45-50.

PART A
BREAK
CHORUS
PART I
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesEMS2IAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Father And Son?

67 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Father And Son hard to play on drums?

38 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how often it moves around the kit the part that decides it. The beat itself is 38 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

61 bars, about 3:33 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 22 exercises over 5 sittings, about 30 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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.

How many fills are in Father And Son?

7 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 25, 28, 29, 36, 40, 51 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 61 BARS ANALYSED
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