Answer · Tyler, The Creator

70 bars, 3:50, at 73 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Hi-hat, snare and kick and nothing else.

Hip Hop / ReggaeUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
73 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
70
LENGTH
3:50
DIFFICULTY
45/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 97% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-16, 18-54 and 57-70 -- 97.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 73 BPM
ANSWER · BAR 2
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

70 bars: 69 keep time and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-55.

OUTRO
1 grooveAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Answer?

73 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Answer hard to play on drums?

45 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 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

70 bars, about 3:50 at the written tempo. The course takes it in a single sitting of 3 exercises.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare 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.

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