He Miss Road · Fela Kuti

262 bars of 4/4 at a walking 94 BPM, 11:08 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
94 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
262
LENGTH
11:08
DIFFICULTY
67/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 49-52, 115 and 119, and 9 more places -- 12.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 94 BPM
HE MISS ROAD · BAR 174
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 93, 94 and 261.

LOOP · 94 BPM
BARS 93-94 · LANDS ON BAR 95 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 261 · LANDS ON BAR 262
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

262 bars across 45 sections: 189 keep time, 3 are fills, 1 is a stop and 26 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-16.

PART D
CHORUS 4
VERSE
34 groovesKARDMS7+29Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is He Miss Road?

94 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 He Miss Road hard to play on drums?

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 53 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

262 bars, about 11:08 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 109 exercises over 38 sittings, about 25 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 He Miss Road?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 93, 94 and 261.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 262 BARS ANALYSED
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