The Rhythm of my Heart · Voodoo Circle

140 bars of 4/4 at a walking 85 BPM, 6:34 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Under 90 BPM
TEMPO
85 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
140
LENGTH
6:34
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 36% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18, 20 and 22, and 31 more places -- 36.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 85 BPM
THE RHYTHM OF MY HEART · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 17, 25, 33, 37, 41, 49 and 16 more.

LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26
LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

140 bars across 12 sections: 83 keep time, 22 are fills, 4 are stops and 18 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 26-32.

COUNT-IN
PART D
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART G
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4
PART S10
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesFAFGDK+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Rhythm of my Heart?

85 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 The Rhythm of my Heart hard to play on drums?

42 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 25 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

140 bars, about 6:34 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 40 exercises over 11 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 The Rhythm of my Heart?

15 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 17, 25, 33, 37, 41, 49 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 140 BARS ANALYSED
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