Summer Of '69 · Bryan Adams

125 bars of 4/4 at 139 BPM, about 3:35 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

RockPop120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
139 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
125
LENGTH
3:35
DIFFICULTY
67/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 94-96, 98-100 and 102-108, and 3 more places -- 21.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 139 BPM
SUMMER OF '69 · BAR 94
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 19, 33, 50, 59, 63, 67 and 4 more.

LOOP · 139 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20
LOOP · 139 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34
LOOP · 139 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51
LOOP · 139 BPM
BAR 59 · LANDS ON BAR 60

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

125 bars across 13 sections: 84 keep time, 10 are fills, 7 are stops and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 94-123.

PART S1
PART C
PART K
PART G
PART I
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesUKICS1+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Summer Of '69?

139 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 Summer Of '69 hard to play on drums?

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how fine the subdivision is. The beat itself is 66 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

125 bars, about 3:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 35 exercises over 9 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Summer Of '69?

9 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 19, 33, 50, 59, 63, 67 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 125 BARS ANALYSED
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