My Way · Elvis Presley

68 bars of 4/4 at a walking 84 BPM, 3:14 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

RockPopUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
84 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
68
LENGTH
3:14
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 39% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 8-13, 17-19 and 21, and 1 more place -- 39.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 84 BPM
MY WAY · BAR 8
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 26, 66 and 67.

LOOP · 84 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27
LOOP · 84 BPM
BARS 66-67 · LANDS ON BAR 68 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

68 bars across 7 sections: 51 keep time, 3 are fills, 3 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-19.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 2
PART J
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesCELAJ+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is My Way?

84 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 My Way hard to play on drums?

55 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how fine the subdivision is. The beat itself is 33 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

68 bars, about 3:14 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 23 exercises over 7 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in My Way?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 26, 66 and 67.

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