Time After Time · Cyndi Lauper

129 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 3:58 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

PopRock120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
129
LENGTH
3:58
DIFFICULTY
31/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 51% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 32-53 and 70-113 -- 51.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 130 BPM
TIME AFTER TIME · BAR 32
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

129 bars across 5 sections: 124 keep time and 1 is a fill. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 71-113.

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

Questions

What BPM is Time After Time?

130 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 Time After Time hard to play on drums?

31 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the speed of the hand keeping time the part that decides it. The beat itself is 30 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

129 bars, about 3:58 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 9 exercises over 3 sittings, about 21 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.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 129 BARS ANALYSED
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