Alter Ego · Tame Impala

153 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 4:52 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
153
LENGTH
4:52
DIFFICULTY
60/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 36% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-23, 66-79 and 126-140 -- 35.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 125 BPM
ALTER EGO · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 32, 33, 37, 65, 88, 89 and 5 more.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 32-33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 65 · LANDS ON BAR 66
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 88-89 · LANDS ON BAR 90 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

153 bars across 15 sections: 105 keep time, 11 are fills, 3 are stops and 21 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 6-24.

CHORUS
PART E
PART S5
PART I
PART J
CHORUS 2
PART E
PART S10
PART I
PART J
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
9 groovesCJEIS10+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Alter Ego?

125 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 Alter Ego hard to play on drums?

60 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 41 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

153 bars, about 4:52 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 29 exercises over 9 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Alter Ego?

6 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 32, 33, 37, 65, 88, 89 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 153 BARS ANALYSED
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