When Doves Cry · Prince And The Revolution

183 bars of 4/4 at 126 BPM, about 5:48 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
126 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
183
LENGTH
5:48
DIFFICULTY
28/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 98% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 6-182 -- 97.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 126 BPM
WHEN DOVES CRY · BARS 10-11
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 3 and 4.

LOOP · 126 BPM
BARS 3-4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

183 bars across 3 sections: 178 keep time, 2 are fills and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 6-183.

OUTRO
3 groovesES1S2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is When Doves Cry?

126 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 When Doves Cry 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 6 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

183 bars, about 5:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 7 exercises over 2 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 When Doves Cry?

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 3 and 4.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 183 BARS ANALYSED
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