Because I Love You · Alternative Competition 5

24 bars of 4/4 at a walking 95 BPM, 1:01 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
95 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
24
LENGTH
1:01
DIFFICULTY
1/100
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

24 bars across 2 sections: 16 keep time and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-24.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
2 groovesAS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Because I Love You?

95 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 Because I Love You hard to play on drums?

1 out of 100: straightforward, and the one thing to watch is how little of it repeats.

How long is the drum part?

24 bars, about 1:01 at the written tempo. The course takes it in a single sitting of 1 exercise.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and kick. 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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