I Can't Tell You Why · The Eagles

96 bars of 4/4 at a walking 89 BPM, 4:19 of playing, on ride, hi-hat, snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockUnder 90 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
89 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
96
LENGTH
4:19
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 75% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-21, 25-41 and 47-63, and 8 more places -- 75% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 89 BPM
I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

96 bars across 4 sections: 93 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 48-96.

PART A
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesBAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is I Can't Tell You Why?

89 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 I Can't Tell You Why hard to play on drums?

39 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 25 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

96 bars, about 4:19 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 4 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

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