Between the Eyes · Love Battery

112 bars of 4/4 at a walking 105 BPM, 4:16 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

RockAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
105 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
112
LENGTH
4:16
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 50% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-24, 45-50 and 53-59, and 9 more places -- 50% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 105 BPM
BETWEEN THE EYES · BAR 19
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 32, 40, 52, 60, 68, 80 and 2 more.

LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

112 bars across 9 sections: 73 keep time, 8 are fills, 4 are stops and 20 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 81-91.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART C
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesBCS1S9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Between the Eyes?

105 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 Between the Eyes hard to play on drums?

40 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 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

112 bars, about 4:16 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 19 exercises over 5 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Between the Eyes?

6 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 32, 40, 52, 60, 68, 80 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 112 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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