Help is on The Way · Tobymac

107 bars of 4/4 at 142 BPM, about 3:01 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
142 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
107
LENGTH
3:01
DIFFICULTY
35/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 44% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18-24, 37-41 and 43-49, and 2 more places -- 43.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 142 BPM
HELP IS ON THE WAY · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 34, 42, 85, 86 and 94.

LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35
LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43
LOOP · 142 BPM
BARS 85-86 · LANDS ON BAR 87 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 94 · LANDS ON BAR 95
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

107 bars across 11 sections: 48 keep time, 5 are fills, 1 is a stop and 43 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 18-26.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
BREAK
CHORUS 2
PART I
PART S7
PART K
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
8 groovesBS7S1IK+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Help is on The Way?

142 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 Help is on The Way hard to play on drums?

35 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 36 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

107 bars, about 3:01 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 22 exercises over 6 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 Help is on The Way?

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 34, 42, 85, 86 and 94.

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