The Story · Brandi Carlile

69 bars of 4/4 at a walking 94 BPM, 2:56 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Country / FolkAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
94 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
69
LENGTH
2:56
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 53% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7-8, 12-19 and 29-34, and 2 more places -- 52.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 94 BPM
THE STORY · BAR 53
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 5 more.

LOOP · 94 BPM
BARS 20-26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 35 · LANDS ON BAR 36
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

69 bars across 5 sections: 42 keep time, 11 are fills, 3 are stops and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-19.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART S3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesCS3BS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Story?

94 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 Story hard to play on drums?

39 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 17 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

69 bars, about 2:56 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 4 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Story?

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 5 more.

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