Voodoo Child · Jimi Hendrix

14 bars of 4/4 at a walking 88 BPM, 0:37 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Under 90 BPM
TEMPO
88 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
14
LENGTH
0:37
DIFFICULTY
26/100
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 4 times: bars 11, 12, 13 and 14.

LOOP · 88 BPM
BARS 11-14 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

14 bars across 2 sections: 3 keep time, 4 are fills and 7 are silent.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
2 groovesS1S2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Voodoo Child?

88 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 Voodoo Child hard to play on drums?

26 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it.

How long is the drum part?

14 bars, about 0:37 at the written tempo. The course takes it in a single sitting of 2 exercises.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Voodoo Child?

1 fill to learn, played 4 times: bars 11, 12, 13 and 14.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 14 BARS ANALYSED
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