Back 2 Good · Matchbox Twenty

122 bars of 4/4 at a walking 90 BPM, 5:25 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

PopAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
90 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
122
LENGTH
5:25
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 67% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-27, 29 and 32-36, and 9 more places -- 67.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 90 BPM
BACK 2 GOOD · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 57, 81, 85, 87, 88, 89 and 1 more.

LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 57 · LANDS ON BAR 58 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 81 · LANDS ON BAR 82 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BARS 87-89 · LANDS ON BAR 90 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

122 bars across 8 sections: 102 keep time, 7 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-56.

CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART G
CHORUS 3
OUTRO 2
4 groovesBCGFFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Back 2 Good?

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 Back 2 Good hard to play on drums?

43 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 23 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

122 bars, about 5:25 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 23 exercises over 7 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid 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 Back 2 Good?

3 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 57, 81, 85, 87, 88, 89 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 122 BARS ANALYSED
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