7 nation army (David Edit) · White Stripes

117 bars of 4/4 at 124 BPM, about 3:46 of playing, on crash, snare, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
124 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
117
LENGTH
3:46
DIFFICULTY
23/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7-8 and 15-16 -- 8.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 124 BPM
7 NATION ARMY (DAVID EDIT) · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

117 bars across 10 sections: 4 keep time, 44 are stops and 69 are silent.

COUNT-IN
BREAK 2
BREAK 4
PART S6
BREAK 5
CHORUS
BREAK 6
OUTRO
9 groovesS7S9S8S10S6+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 7 nation army (David Edit)?

124 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 7 nation army (David Edit) hard to play on drums?

23 out of 100: straightforward, and the one thing to watch is how many limbs land on the same note. The beat itself is 20 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

117 bars, about 3:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 9 exercises over 2 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, snare, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

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