Take Me Home, Country Roads · John Denver

65 bars of 4/4 at a walking 82 BPM, 3:07 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and hi-hat foot.

Country / FolkRockUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
82 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
65
LENGTH
3:07
DIFFICULTY
29/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 79% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 12-23, 25-43 and 45-63 -- 79.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 82 BPM
TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS · BAR 12
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

65 bars across 4 sections: 61 keep time and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 13-65.

PART B
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesEDBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Take Me Home, Country Roads?

82 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 Take Me Home, Country Roads hard to play on drums?

29 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 21 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

65 bars, about 3:07 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 4 exercises over 2 sittings, about 17 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare 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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