"Tulsa" · 49 Winchester

146 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 4:02 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
146
LENGTH
4:02
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 51% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 31-49, 73-84 and 88-89, and 4 more places -- 51.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 145 BPM
"TULSA" · BAR 31
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 1, 7, 71, 96, 97 and 143.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 7 · LANDS ON BAR 8
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 71 · LANDS ON BAR 72
LOOP · 145 BPM
BARS 96-97 · LANDS ON BAR 98 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

146 bars across 14 sections: 89 keep time, 7 are fills, 32 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 53-64.

PART B
PART F
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 4
OUTRO 2
7 groovesHGBFS13+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is "Tulsa"?

145 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 "Tulsa" 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 19 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

146 bars, about 4:02 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 27 exercises over 6 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 "Tulsa"?

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 1, 7, 71, 96, 97 and 143.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 146 BARS ANALYSED
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