26 Is Dancier Than 4 · This Town Needs Guns

153 bars of 4/4 at 137 BPM, about 4:42 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieProgressive120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
137 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
153
LENGTH
4:42
DIFFICULTY
90/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 15-16, 19-20 and 23-24, and 9 more places -- 17.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 137 BPM
26 IS DANCIER THAN 4 · BARS 15-16
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 1, 14, 43, 44, 45, 46 and 30 more.

LOOP · 137 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 137 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15
LOOP · 137 BPM
BAR 72 · LANDS ON BAR 73

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

153 bars across 10 sections: 95 keep time, 36 are fills, 1 is a stop and 13 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 16-38.

PART D
CHORUS
PART S5
PART D
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
BREAK 2
8 groovesFAXDS5S10+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 26 Is Dancier Than 4?

137 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 26 Is Dancier Than 4 hard to play on drums?

90 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 76 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

153 bars, about 4:42 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 31 exercises over 14 sittings, about 23 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 26 Is Dancier Than 4?

8 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 1, 14, 43, 44, 45, 46 and 30 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 153 BARS ANALYSED
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