Better Together · Jack Johnson

93 bars of 4/4 at 112 BPM, about 3:19 of playing, on ride, hi-hat and snare.

90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
112 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
93
LENGTH
3:19
DIFFICULTY
12/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 43% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 30-52, 62-68 and 85-92 -- 42.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 112 BPM
BETTER TOGETHER · BAR 30
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

93 bars across 8 sections: 81 keep time and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 31-52.

PART A
PART B
CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesDBAS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Better Together?

112 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 Better Together hard to play on drums?

12 out of 100: straightforward, and the one thing to watch is how often it moves around the kit. The beat itself is 9 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

93 bars, about 3:19 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 3 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

ride, hi-hat and snare. 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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