3e Sexe · Indochine

166 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 4:35 of playing, on snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

Rock120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
166
LENGTH
4:35
DIFFICULTY
30/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 57% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 19-34, 55-78 and 91-106, and 2 more places -- 56.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 145 BPM
3E SEXE · BAR 19
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

166 bars across 10 sections: 155 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 92-122.

PART B
CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 2
PART E
CHORUS 3
PART E
OUTRO 2
4 groovesDEBFFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 3e Sexe?

145 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 3e Sexe hard to play on drums?

30 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 23 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

166 bars, about 4:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 17 exercises over 4 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

snare, kick and hi-hat foot. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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