In The Army Now · Status Quo

122 bars of 4/4 at a walking 105 BPM, 4:37 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

RockPop90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
105 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
122
LENGTH
4:37
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 48% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 47-49, 51-56 and 59-66, and 9 more places -- 48.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 105 BPM
IN THE ARMY NOW · BAR 48
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 40, 41, 46, 70, 94 and 102.

LOOP · 105 BPM
BARS 40-41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 70 · LANDS ON BAR 71
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 94 · LANDS ON BAR 95

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

122 bars across 10 sections: 104 keep time, 6 are fills, 2 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 72-93.

PART D
PART E
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
OUTRO 2
8 groovesIEDLS3+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is In The Army Now?

105 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 Army Now 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 30 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

122 bars, about 4:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 25 exercises over 7 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor 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 In The Army Now?

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 40, 41, 46, 70, 94 and 102.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 122 BARS ANALYSED
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