Take Me With U · Prince

68 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 2:16 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and hi-hat foot.

PopAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
68
LENGTH
2:16
DIFFICULTY
23/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 100% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 8-68 -- 100% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 120 BPM
TAKE ME WITH U · BAR 8
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

68 bars across 2 sections: 61 keep time and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 8-68.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
2 groovesBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Take Me With U?

120 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 With U hard to play on drums?

23 out of 100: straightforward, and the one thing to watch is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 13 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

68 bars, about 2:16 at the written tempo. The course takes it in a single sitting of 3 exercises.

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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