Good Time (Shot of Tequila, Beer on Tap) · Alan Jackson

167 bars of 4/4 at 132 BPM, about 5:04 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Country / Folk120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
132 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
167
LENGTH
5:04
DIFFICULTY
56/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 72% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-8, 10-20 and 22-28, and 18 more places -- 71.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 132 BPM
GOOD TIME (SHOT OF TEQUILA, BEER ON TAP) · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 5, 33, 57, 77, 117, 125 and 2 more.

LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 57 · LANDS ON BAR 58 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 117 · LANDS ON BAR 118

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

167 bars across 5 sections: 148 keep time, 8 are fills and 4 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 126-160.

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

Questions

What BPM is Good Time (Shot of Tequila, Beer on Tap)?

132 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 Good Time (Shot of Tequila, Beer on Tap) hard to play on drums?

56 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 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

167 bars, about 5:04 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 20 exercises over 6 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor 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 Good Time (Shot of Tequila, Beer on Tap)?

6 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 5, 33, 57, 77, 117, 125 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 167 BARS ANALYSED
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