Jesus, lover of my soul · Charles Wesley

68 bars of 4/4 at a walking 82 BPM, 3:19 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Under 90 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
82 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
68
LENGTH
3:19
DIFFICULTY
52/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 99% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-67 -- 98.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 82 BPM
JESUS, LOVER OF MY SOUL · BAR 3
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 68.

LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 68
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

68 bars: 67 keep time and 1 is a fill. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-67.

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

Questions

What BPM is Jesus, lover of my soul?

82 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 Jesus, lover of my soul hard to play on drums?

52 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 41 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

68 bars, about 3:19 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 4 exercises over 2 sittings, about 19 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

How many fills are in Jesus, lover of my soul?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 68.

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