Advice · Alex G

55 bars of 4/4 at a walking 85 BPM, 2:34 of playing, on ride, snare, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRockUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
85 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
55
LENGTH
2:34
DIFFICULTY
36/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 73% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7-22, 28 and 30-52 -- 72.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 85 BPM
ADVICE · BAR 7
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

55 bars across 4 sections: 51 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 29-55.

PART A
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesBAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Advice?

85 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 Advice 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 24 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

55 bars, about 2:34 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 8 exercises over 2 sittings, about 30 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

ride, snare, floor tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

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