Jolene · Dolly Parton

75 bars of 4/4 at a walking 82 BPM, 3:32 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Country / FolkHip Hop / ReggaeUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
82 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
75
LENGTH
3:32
DIFFICULTY
32/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 45% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 14-15, 19-35 and 39-41, and 4 more places -- 45.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 82 BPM
JOLENE · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

75 bars across 3 sections: 72 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 17-56.

PART A
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesCAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Jolene?

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 Jolene hard to play on drums?

32 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 17 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

75 bars, about 3:32 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 3 sittings, about 28 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.

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