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Forever and Ever, Amen · Randy Travis

Forever and Ever, Amen · Randy Travis
EXERCISE 1 OF 11
Groove B -- Chorus
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0 / 11 PASSED · 65 BARS LIT · IN THE CHORUS, OUTRO 2
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesBCFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest
GROOVE · 3
FILL · 1
LAND · 1
RUN · 1
JOIN · 2
SECTION · 2
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play Forever and Ever, Amen on drums

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

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet.

TEMPO
91 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
76
LENGTH
3:19
DIFFICULTY
71/100

snare through bar 1 and hi-hat through bars 2-76.

The beat

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.

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    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
HH |xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx|
SD |--x---x---x---x-|
BD |x---x---x---x---|
Forever and Ever, Amen -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

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

What the course does

It cuts the song into 9 exercises -- the grooves, the fills, and the joins between sections, which is where players actually come off -- and puts them in the order a teacher would. Each one opens on a reduction you can already play and adds the notes back a rung at a time, with a tempo to reach and a gate to pass before the next.

  1. The grooves the song is built on -- B -- 3 exercises, about 25 minutes.
  2. Through the Chorus and the Outro -- 3 exercises, about 26 minutes.
  3. The whole song -- 2 exercises, about 15 minutes.
  4. Through the Outro 2 -- 3 exercises, about 25 minutes.
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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.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 76 BARS ANALYSED