Fortunate son · Clutch

76 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 2:10 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
76
LENGTH
2:10
DIFFICULTY
58/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 49% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7-11, 13-19 and 21-27, and 5 more places -- 48.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 140 BPM
FORTUNATE SON · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 20, 32, 46, 47, 48, 52 and 7 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 46-48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 69-75 · LANDS ON BAR 76 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

76 bars across 6 sections: 54 keep time, 13 are fills and 2 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 8-19.

PART A
CHORUS
PART A
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesBAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Fortunate son?

140 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 Fortunate son hard to play on drums?

58 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 35 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

76 bars, about 2:10 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 4 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor 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 Fortunate son?

4 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 20, 32, 46, 47, 48, 52 and 7 more.

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