In The Air Tonight · Phil Collins

128 bars of 4/4 at a walking 95 BPM, 5:23 of playing, on hi-hat, high tom and floor tom.

PopRock90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
95 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
128
LENGTH
5:23
DIFFICULTY
25/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 100% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 1-128 -- 100% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 95 BPM
IN THE AIR TONIGHT · BARS 1-2
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

128 bars: 128 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-128.

OUTRO
1 grooveAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is In The Air Tonight?

95 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 In The Air Tonight hard to play on drums?

25 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how often it moves around the kit the part that decides it. The beat itself is 17 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

128 bars, about 5:23 at the written tempo. The course takes it in a single sitting of 3 exercises.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, high tom and floor tom. 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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