Alive and kicking V3 · Simple Minds

140 bars of 4/4 at a walking 104 BPM, 5:22 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

RockPop90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
104 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
140
LENGTH
5:22
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 41% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 33-39, 45-59 and 61-64, and 7 more places -- 41.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 104 BPM
ALIVE AND KICKING V3 · BAR 34
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 32, 43, 44, 60, 68, 69 and 3 more.

LOOP · 104 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 104 BPM
BARS 43-44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 104 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 104 BPM
BARS 68-69 · LANDS ON BAR 70 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

140 bars across 11 sections: 111 keep time, 9 are fills, 1 is a stop and 11 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-31.

PART A
VERSE
VERSE 2
CHORUS
BREAK 2
VERSE 3
VERSE 4
OUTRO
VERSE 5
5 groovesCIAS6S3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Alive and kicking V3?

104 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 Alive and kicking V3 hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 68 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

140 bars, about 5:22 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 24 exercises over 7 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Alive and kicking V3?

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 32, 43, 44, 60, 68, 69 and 3 more.

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