As Long As It Matters · Gin Blossoms

99 bars of 4/4 at a walking 90 BPM, 4:24 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
90 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
99
LENGTH
4:24
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 72% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 4-5, 7-8 and 11-17, and 17 more places -- 72.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 90 BPM
AS LONG AS IT MATTERS · BAR 4
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 2, 9 and 98.

LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

99 bars across 2 sections: 92 keep time, 3 are fills, 3 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 35-97.

OUTRO
2 groovesDS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is As Long As It Matters?

90 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 As Long As It Matters hard to play on drums?

49 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 27 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

99 bars, about 4:24 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 10 exercises over 4 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 As Long As It Matters?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 2, 9 and 98.

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