Lady In Red · Chris De Burgh

79 bars of 4/4 at a walking 76 BPM, 4:09 of playing, on ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

PopUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
76 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
79
LENGTH
4:09
DIFFICULTY
67/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 44% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 12, 14 and 18, and 15 more places -- 44.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 76 BPM
LADY IN RED · BAR 12
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

79 bars across 7 sections: 70 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 26-48.

PART C
PART D
CHORUS
PART D
PART E
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesFDCAEFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Lady In Red?

76 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Lady In Red hard to play on drums?

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 61 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

79 bars, about 4:09 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 19 exercises over 8 sittings, about 20 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

ride, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

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