Got To Choose · KISS

77 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 2:48 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom and kick.

RockMetal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
77
LENGTH
2:48
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 20, 22 and 26-28, and 9 more places -- 23.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 110 BPM
GOT TO CHOOSE · BAR 20
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 40, 44, 48, 73, 74, 75 and 2 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 73-77 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

77 bars across 8 sections: 51 keep time, 8 are fills and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 22-39.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART C
CHORUS
PART I
PART G
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesFGBCI+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Got To Choose?

110 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 Choose hard to play on drums?

44 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 33 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

77 bars, about 2:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 25 exercises over 7 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Got To Choose?

3 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 40, 44, 48, 73, 74, 75 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 77 BARS ANALYSED
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