Sloe Gin (Royal Albert) · Joe Bonamassa

192 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 5:18 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Jazz / BluesRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
192
LENGTH
5:18
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7-20, 56-61 and 64-78 -- 21.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 145 BPM
SLOE GIN (ROYAL ALBERT) · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 21, 33, 47, 55, 62, 79 and 12 more.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 47 · LANDS ON BAR 48
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 55 · LANDS ON BAR 56

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

192 bars across 21 sections: 69 keep time, 18 are fills, 58 are stops and 29 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-20.

CHORUS
PART O
CHORUS 2
PART F
PART AG
BREAK 2
12 groovesBFS20GO+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sloe Gin (Royal Albert)?

145 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 Sloe Gin (Royal Albert) hard to play on drums?

42 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 15 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

192 bars, about 5:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 58 exercises over 13 sittings, about 27 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 Sloe Gin (Royal Albert)?

14 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 21, 33, 47, 55, 62, 79 and 12 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 192 BARS ANALYSED
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