A Dime For Bernard · Alternative Competition 7

23 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 0:45 of playing, on snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
23
LENGTH
0:45
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 87% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-12 and 14-22 -- 87% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 120 BPM
A DIME FOR BERNARD · BAR 2
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

23 bars: 23 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-23.

OUTRO
1 grooveBFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is A Dime For Bernard?

120 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 A Dime For Bernard hard to play on drums?

41 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 33 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

23 bars, about 0:45 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 3 exercises over 2 sittings, about 16 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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