No Son Of Mine · Genesis

165 bars of 4/4 at a walking 104 BPM, 6:21 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

RockPop90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
104 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
165
LENGTH
6:21
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 45-51, 54-55 and 81-83, and 5 more places -- 22.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 104 BPM
NO SON OF MINE · BAR 45
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 52, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72 and 15 more.

LOOP · 104 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 104 BPM
BAR 56 · LANDS ON BAR 57 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 104 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 104 BPM
BAR 72 · LANDS ON BAR 73 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

165 bars across 11 sections: 131 keep time, 21 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-28.

PART A
PART B
CHORUS
PART H
CHORUS 2
PART H
OUTRO 2
7 groovesCHABQ+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is No Son Of Mine?

104 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 No Son Of Mine hard to play on drums?

38 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how often it moves around the kit the part that decides it. The beat itself is 21 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

165 bars, about 6:21 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 39 exercises over 9 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor 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 No Son Of Mine?

7 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 52, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72 and 15 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 165 BARS ANALYSED
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