Genesis · 1980 · drums by Phil Collins
Turn It On Again
From Duke. Advanced · Odd meters · prog
Tempo
128BPM
- Time signature
- 13/8 verses, 4/4 chorus
- Feel
- Odd meters
- Tempo band
- 120–150
- Difficulty
- Advanced
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 98 and climbs to 128 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
A hit single in thirteen: the verse riff is 13/8 played so naturally that most people count it as a slightly lopsided four. The trick is to stop counting and learn the keyboard figure, then let the chorus land back in four.
Advanced: Fast, odd, or both; the part is the reason the song is famous.
Phil Collins
- Read the Phil Collins feature →Who they are, how they play, and what to listen to next.
- Phil Collins's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 1980 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Phil Collins songs
Songs at about 128 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.
- Hot for Teacher128
- Tomorrow Never Knows127
- Best of You130
- Fool in the Rain130
- Jump130
- Lingus130