Spicks And Specks · Bee Gees

87 bars of 4/4 at 123 BPM, about 2:50 of playing, on crash, ride, snare and kick.

PopRock120 to 149 BPMShuffle / tripletFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
123 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
87
LENGTH
2:50
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 80% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 11-50 and 62-77 -- 80% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 123 BPM
SPICKS AND SPECKS · BAR 11
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 60 and 61.

LOOP · 123 BPM
BARS 60-61 · LANDS ON BAR 62 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

87 bars across 5 sections: 65 keep time, 2 are fills and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 11-50.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART S3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesBDS1S3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Spicks And Specks?

123 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Spicks And Specks hard to play on drums?

39 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how much of it falls off the beat the part that decides it. The beat itself is 22 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

87 bars, about 2:50 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 9 exercises over 3 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Spicks And Specks?

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 60 and 61.

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