Reelin' In The Years · Steely Dan

156 bars of 4/4 at 138 BPM, about 4:29 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockPop120 to 149 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
138 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
156
LENGTH
4:29
DIFFICULTY
57/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 63% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 35-41, 52-92 and 94, and 3 more places -- 62.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 138 BPM
REELIN' IN THE YEARS · BAR 35
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 5, 93, 95, 97 and 99.

LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 93 · LANDS ON BAR 94 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 97 · LANDS ON BAR 98
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 99 · LANDS ON BAR 100
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

156 bars across 9 sections: 138 keep time, 5 are fills, 1 is a stop and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 110-156.

PART B
PART D
PART B
CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesGDBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Reelin' In The Years?

138 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 Reelin' In The Years hard to play on drums?

57 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

156 bars, about 4:29 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 23 exercises over 6 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, 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 Reelin' In The Years?

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 5, 93, 95, 97 and 99.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 156 BARS ANALYSED
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