Maggie May · Rod Stewart

187 bars of 4/4 at 132 BPM, about 5:32 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

PopRock120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
132 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
187
LENGTH
5:32
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 49% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 30-34, 45-49 and 51-53, and 5 more places -- 48.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 132 BPM
MAGGIE MAY · BAR 31
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 50, 58, 72, 74, 82, 96 and 2 more.

LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 58 · LANDS ON BAR 59
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 74 · LANDS ON BAR 75 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 130 · LANDS ON BAR 131

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

187 bars across 13 sections: 118 keep time, 8 are fills, 5 are stops and 43 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 100-129.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS 2
PART K
PART F
CHORUS 3
PART S11
OUTRO
7 groovesDFS1KS11+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Maggie May?

132 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 Maggie May hard to play on drums?

42 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 20 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

187 bars, about 5:32 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 31 exercises over 9 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Maggie May?

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 50, 58, 72, 74, 82, 96 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 187 BARS ANALYSED
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