Time · David Bowie

92 bars, 4:27, at 72 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Hi-hat, snare and kick and nothing else.

PopRockUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
72 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
92
LENGTH
4:27
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 90% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-35 and 41-85 -- 89.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 72 BPM
TIME · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

92 bars across 5 sections: 72 keep time, 1 is a fill and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 42-85.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART S3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesBS1DS3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Time?

72 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Time hard to play on drums?

41 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?

92 bars, about 4:27 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 7 exercises over 3 sittings, about 18 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.

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