Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da · The Beatles

87 bars of 4/4 at 113 BPM, about 3:05 of playing, on ride, hi-hat, snare, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockPop90 to 119 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
113 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
87
LENGTH
3:05
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 95% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 4-36, 38-43 and 46-67, and 3 more places -- 95% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 113 BPM
OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA · BAR 4
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 87.

LOOP · 113 BPM
BAR 87
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

87 bars across 6 sections: 79 keep time, 1 is a fill and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 4-43.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
4 groovesBS1S3S5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da?

113 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 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 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 28 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

87 bars, about 3:05 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 7 exercises over 2 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 87.

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