Streets Of Philadelphia · Bruce Springsteen

78 bars of 4/4 at a walking 94 BPM, 3:19 of playing, on snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

Rock90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
94 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
78
LENGTH
3:19
DIFFICULTY
31/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 99% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-51 and 53-78 -- 98.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 94 BPM
STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA · BAR 1
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

78 bars: 78 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-78.

OUTRO
1 grooveAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Streets Of Philadelphia?

94 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 Streets Of Philadelphia hard to play on drums?

31 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 23 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

78 bars, about 3:19 at the written tempo. The course takes it in a single sitting of 3 exercises.

What do I need on the kit?

snare, kick and hi-hat foot. 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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