What if I miss you for the rest of my life? · Janine Berdin

67 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 1:47 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
67
LENGTH
1:47
DIFFICULTY
28/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-11 -- 13.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
WHAT IF I MISS YOU FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE? · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 46, 48, 50, 52, 56, 60 and 1 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

67 bars across 8 sections: 18 keep time, 7 are fills, 16 are stops and 22 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-11.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART A
PART S5
PART C
OUTRO 2
7 groovesS8S5ABC+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is What if I miss you for the rest of my life??

150 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 What if I miss you for the rest of my life? hard to play on drums?

28 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 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

67 bars, about 1:47 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 3 sittings, about 27 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 What if I miss you for the rest of my life??

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 46, 48, 50, 52, 56, 60 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 67 BARS ANALYSED
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