Kiss of Life · Sade

100 bars of 4/4 at a walking 98 BPM, 4:05 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Funk / SoulRock90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
98 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
100
LENGTH
4:05
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 52% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-5, 7-11 and 13, and 19 more places -- 52% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 98 BPM
KISS OF LIFE · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

100 bars across 7 sections: 92 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 68-100.

CHORUS
PART D
PART E
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesADEJFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Kiss of Life?

98 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 of Life hard to play on drums?

55 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 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

100 bars, about 4:05 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 19 exercises over 7 sittings, about 23 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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