Give Me One Reason (3) · Tracy Chapman

89 bars of 4/4 at a walking 96 BPM, 3:43 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieCountry / Folk90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
96 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
89
LENGTH
3:43
DIFFICULTY
52/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 44% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-7, 10-12 and 14, and 19 more places -- 43.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 96 BPM
GIVE ME ONE REASON (3) · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 5, 17, 29, 39, 41, 65 and 3 more.

LOOP · 96 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 96 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 96 BPM
BAR 39 · LANDS ON BAR 40 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 96 BPM
BAR 65 · LANDS ON BAR 66

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

89 bars across 7 sections: 67 keep time, 9 are fills, 1 is a stop and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 6-16.

CHORUS
VERSE
CHORUS 2
PART I
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesCIAGS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Give Me One Reason (3)?

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 Give Me One Reason (3) hard to play on drums?

52 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?

89 bars, about 3:43 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 22 exercises over 6 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Give Me One Reason (3)?

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 5, 17, 29, 39, 41, 65 and 3 more.

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