The Imperial March (Band Version) by John Williams (from Star Wars) · Misc Covers

44 bars of 4/4 at a walking 102 BPM, 1:44 of playing, on crash, snare and kick.

90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
102 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
44
LENGTH
1:44
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 55% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-10, 12-13 and 16-18, and 4 more places -- 54.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 102 BPM
THE IMPERIAL MARCH (BAND VERSION) BY JOHN WILLIAMS (FROM STAR WARS) · BAR 5
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

44 bars across 4 sections: 36 keep time and 5 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 6-24.

PART A
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesBDAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Imperial March (Band Version) by John Williams (from Star Wars)?

102 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 The Imperial March (Band Version) by John Williams (from Star Wars) hard to play on drums?

49 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 37 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

44 bars, about 1:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 4 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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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