Ill be Alright Without You · Journey

111 bars of 4/4 at a walking 98 BPM, 4:30 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom and kick.

RockPop90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
98 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
111
LENGTH
4:30
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 60% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-4, 6-8 and 10-12, and 24 more places -- 60.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 98 BPM
ILL BE ALRIGHT WITHOUT YOU · BAR 3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 25, 29, 41, 49, 57, 61 and 2 more.

LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 57 · LANDS ON BAR 58
LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 102 · LANDS ON BAR 103
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

111 bars across 6 sections: 94 keep time and 9 are fills. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-24.

CHORUS
PART I
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesBKILFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Ill be Alright Without You?

98 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 Ill be Alright Without You hard to play on drums?

44 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?

111 bars, about 4:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 25 exercises over 8 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid 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 Ill be Alright Without You?

4 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 25, 29, 41, 49, 57, 61 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 111 BARS ANALYSED
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