Spooky · Dusty Springfield

71 bars of 4/4 at a walking 108 BPM, 2:38 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Funk / SoulPop90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
108 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
71
LENGTH
2:38
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 63% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-8, 17-24 and 33-44, and 2 more places -- 63.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 108 BPM
SPOOKY · BAR 21
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

71 bars across 7 sections: 64 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 56-71.

CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
PART B
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesABFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Spooky?

108 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 Spooky 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?

71 bars, about 2:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 9 exercises over 3 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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