Around The World (Radio Edit) · Daft Punk

126 bars of 4/4 at 121 BPM, about 4:10 of playing, on hi-hat, kick and hi-hat foot.

ElectronicFunk / Soul120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
121 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
126
LENGTH
4:10
DIFFICULTY
37/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 49% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-36, 45-48 and 57-68, and 2 more places -- 49.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 121 BPM
AROUND THE WORLD (RADIO EDIT) · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

126 bars across 11 sections: 116 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 14-36.

PART A
CHORUS
PART C
PART C
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4
PART D
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesBCDAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Around The World (Radio Edit)?

121 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 Around The World (Radio Edit) hard to play on drums?

37 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 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

126 bars, about 4:10 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 15 exercises over 4 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, kick and hi-hat foot. 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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