Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound · Hank Williams Jr.

21 bars of 4/4 at a walking 103 BPM, 0:49 of playing, on mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Country / FolkRock90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
103 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
21
LENGTH
0:49
DIFFICULTY
6/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-7 -- 18.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 103 BPM
WHISKEY BENT AND HELL BOUND · BAR 6
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 20 and 21.

LOOP · 103 BPM
BARS 20-21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

21 bars across 4 sections: 7 keep time, 2 are fills and 10 are silent.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesAS3S1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound?

103 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 Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound hard to play on drums?

6 out of 100: straightforward, and the one thing to watch is how little of it repeats. The beat itself is 9 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

21 bars, about 0:49 at the written tempo. The course takes it in a single sitting of 4 exercises.

What do I need on the kit?

mid tom, floor tom and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

How many fills are in Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound?

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 20 and 21.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 21 BARS ANALYSED
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