john sykes - please dont leave me · John Sykes

153 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 5:06 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
153
LENGTH
5:06
DIFFICULTY
46/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 44% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18-36, 39-45 and 51-52, and 5 more places -- 44.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
JOHN SYKES - PLEASE DONT LEAVE ME · BAR 21
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 37, 53, 61, 69, 77, 97 and 11 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 53 · LANDS ON BAR 54
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 77 · LANDS ON BAR 78
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 97 · LANDS ON BAR 98

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

153 bars across 9 sections: 109 keep time, 17 are fills, 1 is a stop and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 18-36.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART J
PART G
OUTRO 2
6 groovesBGS1JE+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is john sykes - please dont leave me?

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 john sykes - please dont leave me hard to play on drums?

46 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 35 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

153 bars, about 5:06 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 33 exercises over 9 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 john sykes - please dont leave me?

8 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 37, 53, 61, 69, 77, 97 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 153 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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