Whisky a Go-Go · Roupa Nova

81 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 2:42 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

PopRock120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
81
LENGTH
2:42
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 90% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-27, 29-35 and 37-43, and 4 more places -- 90.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 120 BPM
WHISKY A GO-GO · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 80 and 81.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 80-81 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

81 bars: 79 keep time and 2 are fills. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-79.

OUTRO
1 grooveAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Whisky a Go-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 Whisky a Go-Go hard to play on drums?

44 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 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

81 bars, about 2:42 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 6 exercises over 3 sittings, about 21 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare 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 Whisky a Go-Go?

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 80 and 81.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 81 BARS ANALYSED
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