Basic Being Basic · Djo

80 bars of 4/4 at 122 BPM, about 2:37 of playing, on hi-hat, snare, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
122 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
80
LENGTH
2:37
DIFFICULTY
47/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 80% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-36, 38-39 and 42-44, and 5 more places -- 79.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 122 BPM
BASIC BEING BASIC · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 80.

LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 80
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

80 bars across 6 sections: 75 keep time, 1 is a fill and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-55.

CHORUS
PART G
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
4 groovesBGS1S5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Basic Being Basic?

122 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 Basic Being Basic hard to play on drums?

47 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 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

80 bars, about 2:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 4 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Basic Being Basic?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 80.

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