If I Fell · The Beatles

62 bars of 4/4 at a walking 108 BPM, 2:16 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

RockPop90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
108 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
62
LENGTH
2:16
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 87% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 11-33, 36-48 and 51-61 -- 87% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 108 BPM
IF I FELL · BAR 11
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 3 times: bars 9, 34 and 49.

LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

62 bars across 2 sections: 51 keep time, 3 are fills and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 10-33.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
2 groovesES1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is If I Fell?

108 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 If I Fell 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 35 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

62 bars, about 2:16 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 5 exercises over 2 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in If I Fell?

1 fill to learn, played 3 times: bars 9, 34 and 49.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 62 BARS ANALYSED
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