Little Sister · Elvis Presley

88 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 2:42 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

RockJazz / Blues120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
88
LENGTH
2:42
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 90% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-23, 27-44 and 48-65, and 1 more place -- 89.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 130 BPM
LITTLE SISTER · BAR 1
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

88 bars: 88 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-88.

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

Questions

What BPM is Little Sister?

130 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 Little Sister hard to play on drums?

43 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 33 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

88 bars, about 2:42 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 4 exercises over 2 sittings, about 20 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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