ARE WE STILL FRIENDS · Tyler, The Creator

139 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 94 BPM, 4:25 of playing on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPMShuffle / tripletBeginner
TEMPO
94 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
139
LENGTH
4:25
DIFFICULTY
34/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 90% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-4, 6-8 and 10-12, and 6 more places -- 89.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 94 BPM
ARE WE STILL FRIENDS · BAR 4
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 17, 19, 21 and 82.

LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 82 · LANDS ON BAR 83
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

139 bars across 7 sections: 130 keep time, 4 are fills and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 83-139.

CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
5 groovesBES6S1S4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is ARE WE STILL FRIENDS?

94 BPM, in 3/4, 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 ARE WE STILL FRIENDS hard to play on drums?

34 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 21 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

139 bars, about 4:25 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 13 exercises over 4 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in ARE WE STILL FRIENDS?

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 17, 19, 21 and 82.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 139 BARS ANALYSED
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