What Would You Say · Dave Matthews Band

111 bars of 4/4 at 119 BPM, about 3:38 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndiePop90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
119 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
111
LENGTH
3:38
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9, 11 and 13, and 13 more places -- 15.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 119 BPM
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 67, 72 and 111.

LOOP · 119 BPM
BAR 67 · LANDS ON BAR 68
LOOP · 119 BPM
BAR 72 · LANDS ON BAR 73
LOOP · 119 BPM
BAR 111
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

111 bars across 12 sections: 79 keep time, 3 are fills, 3 are stops and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 78-94.

COUNT-IN
PART C
CHORUS
PART L
CHORUS 2
PART L
PART D
PART U
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesGLUCN+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is What Would You Say?

119 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 Would You Say hard to play on drums?

42 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 15 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

111 bars, about 3:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 30 exercises over 7 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in What Would You Say?

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 67, 72 and 111.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 111 BARS ANALYSED
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