You Asked Me To · Waylon Jennings

70 bars of 4/4 at a walking 98 BPM, 2:49 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

Country / Folk90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
98 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
70
LENGTH
2:49
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 40% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 21-27, 29-35 and 45-51, and 1 more place -- 40% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 98 BPM
YOU ASKED ME TO · BAR 21
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 28, 44, 52, 60, 68 and 69.

LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45
LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53
LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

70 bars across 9 sections: 46 keep time, 6 are fills, 1 is a stop and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 11-19.

COUNT-IN
PART C
CHORUS
PART I
CHORUS 2
PART K
PART L
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesFS1CIK+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is You Asked Me To?

98 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 You Asked Me To hard to play on drums?

40 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 25 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

70 bars, about 2:49 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 27 exercises over 6 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid 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 You Asked Me To?

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 28, 44, 52, 60, 68 and 69.

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