Too Many Tears - wtv · Whitesnake

102 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:23 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
102
LENGTH
3:23
DIFFICULTY
46/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 49% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 15-21, 23-28 and 35-36, and 13 more places -- 48.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
TOO MANY TEARS - WTV · BAR 39
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 13, 29, 37, 45, 53, 61 and 6 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 61 · LANDS ON BAR 62
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 85 · LANDS ON BAR 86

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

102 bars across 7 sections: 72 keep time, 13 are fills, 3 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 16-28.

COUNT-IN
INTRO
PART E
CHORUS
PART E
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesCES1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Too Many Tears - wtv?

120 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 Too Many Tears - wtv hard to play on drums?

46 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

102 bars, about 3:23 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 16 exercises over 4 sittings, about 29 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 Too Many Tears - wtv?

5 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 13, 29, 37, 45, 53, 61 and 6 more.

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