Save Tonight · Eagle-Eye Cherry

112 bars of 4/4 at 116 BPM, about 3:52 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieElectronic90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
116 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
112
LENGTH
3:52
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 48% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-23, 25-47 and 49, and 5 more places -- 48.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 116 BPM
SAVE TONIGHT · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 24, 48, 56, 72, 80, 88 and 1 more.

LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 56 · LANDS ON BAR 57
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 72 · LANDS ON BAR 73
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 96 · LANDS ON BAR 97
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

112 bars across 6 sections: 99 keep time and 7 are fills. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 25-47.

CHORUS
PART D
PART A
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesBDAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Save Tonight?

116 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 Save Tonight 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 20 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

112 bars, about 3:52 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 14 exercises over 3 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Save Tonight?

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 24, 48, 56, 72, 80, 88 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 112 BARS ANALYSED
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