Homebound Train · Bon Jovi

231 bars of 4/4 at a walking 80 BPM, 11:33 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

RockPopUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
80 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
231
LENGTH
11:33
DIFFICULTY
37/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 24, 34-42 and 48-49, and 6 more places -- 23% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 80 BPM
HOMEBOUND TRAIN · BAR 48
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 6, 99, 100, 101, 102, 121 and 6 more.

LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
LOOP · 80 BPM
BARS 99-102 · LANDS ON BAR 103 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 80 BPM
BARS 121-122 · LANDS ON BAR 123 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 80 BPM
BARS 161-162 · LANDS ON BAR 163 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

231 bars across 20 sections: 178 keep time, 13 are fills, 12 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 105-120.

PART D
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART G
PART V
PART X
CHORUS 5
PART N
OUTRO 2
11 groovesFGDMV+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Homebound Train?

80 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 Homebound Train hard to play on drums?

37 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 23 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

231 bars, about 11:33 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 60 exercises over 15 sittings, about 26 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 Homebound Train?

6 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 6, 99, 100, 101, 102, 121 and 6 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 231 BARS ANALYSED
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