Where Do Broken Hearts Go · One Direction

113 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:46 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
113
LENGTH
3:46
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 31-35, 37-40 and 54, and 10 more places -- 22% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO · BAR 54
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 36, 61, 62, 70, 92, 102 and 1 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 61-62 · LANDS ON BAR 63 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 92 · LANDS ON BAR 93 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 102 · LANDS ON BAR 103
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

113 bars across 16 sections: 67 keep time, 7 are fills, 8 are stops and 22 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 45-59.

COUNT-IN
PART S3
PART B
PART E
CHORUS
PART J
CHORUS 2
PART N
PART B
12 groovesHBEJS3+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Where Do Broken Hearts Go?

120 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 Where Do Broken Hearts Go hard to play on drums?

39 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 27 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

113 bars, about 3:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 31 exercises over 9 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Where Do Broken Hearts Go?

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 36, 61, 62, 70, 92, 102 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 113 BARS ANALYSED
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