If She Knew What She Wants · Bangles

113 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:46 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

PopRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
113
LENGTH
3:46
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 41% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5, 7 and 9, and 38 more places -- 40.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
IF SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WANTS · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 4, 33, 81, 94 and 100.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 94 · LANDS ON BAR 95
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

113 bars across 8 sections: 92 keep time, 5 are fills, 3 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 49-74.

PART A
CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART F
PART S6
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesDAFCS6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is If She Knew What She Wants?

120 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 She Knew What She Wants 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 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

113 bars, about 3:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 20 exercises over 5 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in If She Knew What She Wants?

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 4, 33, 81, 94 and 100.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 113 BARS ANALYSED
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