Someone Saved My Life Tonight (Updated) · Elton John

111 bars, 6:46, at 65 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot and nothing else.

RockPopUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
65 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
111
LENGTH
6:46
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 49, 51 and 53, and 5 more places -- 18.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 65 BPM
SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT (UPDATED) · BAR 49
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 52, 61, 62, 69, 72, 73 and 15 more.

LOOP · 65 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 65 BPM
BARS 61-62 · LANDS ON BAR 63 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 65 BPM
BAR 69 · LANDS ON BAR 70 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 65 BPM
BARS 72-74 · LANDS ON BAR 75 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

111 bars across 11 sections: 52 keep time, 21 are fills, 1 is a stop and 29 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 40-47.

COUNT-IN
PART C
BREAK
PART E
CHORUS
PART M
PART D
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesGES3MD+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Someone Saved My Life Tonight (Updated)?

65 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Someone Saved My Life Tonight (Updated) hard to play on drums?

39 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 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

111 bars, about 6:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 29 exercises over 7 sittings, about 28 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 Someone Saved My Life Tonight (Updated)?

9 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 52, 61, 62, 69, 72, 73 and 15 more.

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