Have I Told You Lately · Van Morrison

73 bars, 4:07, at 71 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, hi-hat, snare, kick and hi-hat foot and nothing else.

Jazz / BluesRockUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
71 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
73
LENGTH
4:07
DIFFICULTY
30/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 93% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 4-57 and 60-71 -- 93% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 71 BPM
HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY · BAR 4
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 58, 72 and 73.

LOOP · 71 BPM
BAR 58 · LANDS ON BAR 59
LOOP · 71 BPM
BARS 72-73 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

73 bars across 2 sections: 68 keep time, 3 are fills and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 3-57.

OUTRO
2 groovesCS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Have I Told You Lately?

71 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Have I Told You Lately hard to play on drums?

30 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 13 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

73 bars, about 4:07 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 6 exercises over 2 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Have I Told You Lately?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 58, 72 and 73.

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