Jolene · Dolly Parton

74 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 2:35 of playing, on ride, snare and kick.

Country / FolkHip Hop / Reggae90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
74
LENGTH
2:35
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 92% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-5, 7-11 and 13-37, and 4 more places -- 91.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 110 BPM
JOLENE · BAR 1
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

74 bars: 74 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-74.

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

Questions

What BPM is Jolene?

110 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?

40 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 27 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

74 bars, about 2:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 4 exercises over 2 sittings, about 21 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

ride, 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.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 74 BARS ANALYSED
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