(I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight (Orchestral Version) · Cutting Crew

160 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 5:07 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

RockElectronic120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
160
LENGTH
5:07
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 55% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-19, 21-27 and 29-35, and 15 more places -- 54.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 125 BPM
(I JUST) DIED IN YOUR ARMS TONIGHT (ORCHESTRAL VERSION) · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 52, 66, 89, 90, 96, 110 and 2 more.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 66 · LANDS ON BAR 67
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 89-90 · LANDS ON BAR 91 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 110 · LANDS ON BAR 111

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

160 bars across 10 sections: 95 keep time, 8 are fills, 3 are stops and 45 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 17-51.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 3
PART S8
OUTRO
6 groovesBS8ES1I+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight (Orchestral Version)?

125 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 Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight (Orchestral Version) hard to play on drums?

43 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 32 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

160 bars, about 5:07 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 25 exercises over 8 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor 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 (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight (Orchestral Version)?

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 52, 66, 89, 90, 96, 110 and 2 more.

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