I Will · The Beatles

45 bars of 4/4 at a walking 103 BPM, 1:43 of playing, on ride, floor tom and kick.

RockPop90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
103 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
45
LENGTH
1:43
DIFFICULTY
10/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 96% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-40 and 42-44 -- 95.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 103 BPM
I WILL · BAR 2
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

45 bars across 2 sections: 43 keep time, 1 is a fill and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-44.

OUTRO
2 groovesBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is I Will?

103 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 Will hard to play on drums?

10 out of 100: straightforward, and the one thing to watch is the speed of the hand keeping time. The beat itself is 0 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

45 bars, about 1:43 at the written tempo. The course takes it in a single sitting of 3 exercises.

What do I need on the kit?

ride, floor tom and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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