Forever and Ever, Amen · Randy Travis

76 bars of 4/4 at a walking 91 BPM, 3:19 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Country / Folk90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
91 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
76
LENGTH
3:19
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 86% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-43, 50-61 and 65-75 -- 85.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 91 BPM
FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN · BAR 4
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 76.

LOOP · 91 BPM
BAR 76
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

76 bars across 3 sections: 73 keep time and 1 is a fill. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-43.

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

Questions

What BPM is Forever and Ever, Amen?

91 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 Forever and Ever, Amen hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 62 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

76 bars, about 3:19 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 9 exercises over 4 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Forever and Ever, Amen?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 76.

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