Lay Down Sally · Eric Clapton

98 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 3:55 of playing, on ride, snare and kick.

RockJazz / Blues90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
98
LENGTH
3:55
DIFFICULTY
25/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 100% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-98 -- 100% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 100 BPM
LAY DOWN SALLY · BAR 6
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

98 bars across 2 sections: 94 keep time and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-98.

OUTRO
2 groovesBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Lay Down Sally?

100 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 Lay Down Sally hard to play on drums?

25 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 15 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

98 bars, about 3:55 at the written tempo. The course takes it in a single sitting of 3 exercises.

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 · 98 BARS ANALYSED
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