riding with the king · eric clapton bb king

111 bars of 4/4 at a walking 104 BPM, 4:16 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Jazz / BluesRock90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
104 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
111
LENGTH
4:16
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 47% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6, 10 and 12-27, and 6 more places -- 46.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 104 BPM
RIDING WITH THE KING · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 8.

LOOP · 104 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

111 bars across 8 sections: 94 keep time, 1 is a fill, 3 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 29-52.

PART B
CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesCEBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is riding with the king?

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 riding with the king hard to play on drums?

41 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?

111 bars, about 4:16 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 15 exercises over 4 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in riding with the king?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 8.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 111 BARS ANALYSED
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