That's The Way Of The World · Earth, Wind & Fire

117 bars of 4/4 at a walking 80 BPM, 5:51 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Under 90 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
80 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
117
LENGTH
5:51
DIFFICULTY
52/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 96% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-51 and 53-117 -- 95.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 80 BPM
THAT'S THE WAY OF THE WORLD · BAR 5
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

117 bars across 2 sections: 116 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 6-117.

VERSE
2 groovesBAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is That's The Way Of The World?

80 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 That's The Way Of The World hard to play on drums?

52 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

117 bars, about 5:51 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 4 exercises over 2 sittings, about 19 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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