Misunderstood · Bon jovi

90 bars of 4/4 at 111 BPM, about 3:14 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
111 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
90
LENGTH
3:14
DIFFICULTY
46/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 77% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-19, 21-29 and 31-45, and 4 more places -- 76.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 111 BPM
MISUNDERSTOOD · BAR 17
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 16, 66 and 77.

LOOP · 111 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 111 BPM
BAR 77 · LANDS ON BAR 78
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

90 bars across 3 sections: 76 keep time, 3 are fills, 6 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 32-57.

OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesDBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Misunderstood?

111 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 Misunderstood hard to play on drums?

46 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 33 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

90 bars, about 3:14 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 10 exercises over 3 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Misunderstood?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 16, 66 and 77.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 90 BARS ANALYSED
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