A Symptom Of Being Human · Shinedown

22 bars of 4/4 at 134 BPM, about 0:39 of playing, on crash, hi-hat and kick.

Pop120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
134 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
22
LENGTH
0:39
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 89% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-21 -- 88.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 134 BPM
A SYMPTOM OF BEING HUMAN · BAR 7
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 5 and 22.

LOOP · 134 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 134 BPM
BAR 22
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

22 bars across 2 sections: 16 keep time, 2 are fills and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 6-21.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
2 groovesCS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is A Symptom Of Being Human?

134 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 Symptom Of Being Human hard to play on drums?

42 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 38 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

22 bars, about 0:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 5 exercises over 2 sittings, about 20 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in A Symptom Of Being Human?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 5 and 22.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 22 BARS ANALYSED
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