Oh Well · Fiona Apple

97 bars of 4/4 at a walking 108 BPM, 3:36 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / Indie90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
108 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
97
LENGTH
3:36
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 25% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-8, 42 and 47, and 7 more places -- 24.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 108 BPM
OH WELL · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 24, 40, 44, 48, 50, 56 and 5 more.

LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 56 · LANDS ON BAR 57 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 76 · LANDS ON BAR 77

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

97 bars across 10 sections: 57 keep time, 11 are fills and 14 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-14.

CHORUS
PART B
PART E
PART B
CHORUS 2
PART O
CHORUS 3
PART L
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesABLEOFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Oh Well?

108 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 Oh Well hard to play on drums?

38 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 12 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

97 bars, about 3:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 32 exercises over 7 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Oh Well?

6 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 24, 40, 44, 48, 50, 56 and 5 more.

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