abcdefu (angrier version) · Gayle

73 bars of 4/4 at 122 BPM, about 2:24 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Pop120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
122 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
73
LENGTH
2:24
DIFFICULTY
36/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 54% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 29-40 and 57-72 -- 53.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 122 BPM
ABCDEFU (ANGRIER VERSION) · BAR 30
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 56.

LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 56 · LANDS ON BAR 57
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

73 bars across 7 sections: 38 keep time, 1 is a fill, 9 are stops and 21 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 45-52.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
PART D
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesCS1DBE+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is abcdefu (angrier version)?

122 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 abcdefu (angrier version) hard to play on drums?

36 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 26 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

73 bars, about 2:24 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 14 exercises over 4 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in abcdefu (angrier version)?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 56.

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