Would? · Alice in Chains

87 bars of 4/4 at a walking 92 BPM, 3:47 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieMetal90 to 119 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
92 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
87
LENGTH
3:47
DIFFICULTY
81/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-15, 17-19 and 37-39, and 3 more places -- 20.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 92 BPM
WOULD? · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 12, 16, 20, 22, 28, 36 and 13 more.

LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

87 bars across 10 sections: 54 keep time, 19 are fills and 3 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 6-11.

PART D
PART G
CHORUS
PART D
PART G
CHORUS 2
PART G
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesJGQDBFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Would??

92 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Would? hard to play on drums?

81 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 58 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

87 bars, about 3:47 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 32 exercises over 11 sittings, about 25 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 Would??

10 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 12, 16, 20, 22, 28, 36 and 13 more.

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