Photograph (Better Version) · Ed Sheeran

70 bars of 4/4 at a walking 108 BPM, 2:36 of playing, on snare, floor tom and kick.

PopHip Hop / Reggae90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
108 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
70
LENGTH
2:36
DIFFICULTY
30/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 97% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5, 7-29 and 31-70 -- 97% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 108 BPM
PHOTOGRAPH (BETTER VERSION) · BAR 7
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

70 bars across 2 sections: 66 keep time and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-70.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
2 groovesBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Photograph (Better Version)?

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 Photograph (Better Version) hard to play on drums?

30 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 21 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

70 bars, about 2:36 at the written tempo. The course takes it in a single sitting of 3 exercises.

What do I need on the kit?

snare, floor tom and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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