Head Over Heels · Tears For Fears

97 bars of 4/4 at a walking 96 BPM, 4:03 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

PopRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
96 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
97
LENGTH
4:03
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 74% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-19, 21-27 and 29-35, and 13 more places -- 73.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 96 BPM
HEAD OVER HEELS · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 11, 12, 28, 40, 56, 73 and 5 more.

LOOP · 96 BPM
BARS 11-12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 96 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 96 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41
LOOP · 96 BPM
BARS 73-74 · LANDS ON BAR 75 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

97 bars across 3 sections: 74 keep time, 11 are fills, 1 is a stop and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 57-72.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
3 groovesDS1S2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Head Over Heels?

96 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 Head Over Heels 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 26 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

97 bars, about 4:03 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 13 exercises over 4 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Head Over Heels?

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 11, 12, 28, 40, 56, 73 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 97 BARS ANALYSED
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