Kiss (good version) · Prince

101 bars of 4/4 at 111 BPM, about 3:38 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
111 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
101
LENGTH
3:38
DIFFICULTY
45/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 81% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-10, 12-22 and 24-34, and 15 more places -- 81.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 111 BPM
KISS (GOOD VERSION) · BAR 8
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

101 bars: 100 keep time and 1 is a fill. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-100.

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

Questions

What BPM is Kiss (good version)?

111 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 Kiss (good version) hard to play on drums?

45 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 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

101 bars, about 3:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 4 exercises over 2 sittings, about 22 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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