"Time After Time" · Downtown Singapore

135 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 4:00 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
135
LENGTH
4:00
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 42% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 38-47, 52-53 and 76-83, and 2 more places -- 41.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 135 BPM
"TIME AFTER TIME" · BARS 38-39
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 23, 31, 49, 51, 61, 69 and 7 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 31 · LANDS ON BAR 32
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 61 · LANDS ON BAR 62
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 69 · LANDS ON BAR 70

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

135 bars across 11 sections: 90 keep time, 13 are fills, 10 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 112-135.

COUNT-IN
PART C
PART F
PART C
CHORUS
PART M
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART K
OUTRO 2
7 groovesICMS1F+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is "Time After Time"?

135 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?

44 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 35 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

135 bars, about 4:00 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 10 sittings, about 26 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 "Time After Time"?

9 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 23, 31, 49, 51, 61, 69 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 135 BARS ANALYSED
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