Got To Be Real · Cheryl Lynn

147 bars of 4/4 at 113 BPM, about 5:12 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

Funk / SoulPop90 to 119 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
113 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
147
LENGTH
5:12
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 84% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 4-22, 32-38 and 49-145 -- 84.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 113 BPM
GOT TO BE REAL · BARS 4-5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 47, 48, 146 and 147.

LOOP · 113 BPM
BARS 47-48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 113 BPM
BARS 146-147 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

147 bars across 6 sections: 136 keep time, 4 are fills and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 49-145.

CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesBES1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Got To Be Real?

113 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 Got To Be Real hard to play on drums?

55 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 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

147 bars, about 5:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 4 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Got To Be Real?

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 47, 48, 146 and 147.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 147 BARS ANALYSED
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