Big · B'Z

30 bars of 4/4 at a walking 85 BPM, 1:25 of playing, on crash, snare and kick.

PopRockUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
85 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
30
LENGTH
1:25
DIFFICULTY
22/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 85% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-19 and 21-28 -- 84.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 85 BPM
BIG · BAR 6
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 29.

LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

30 bars across 2 sections: 24 keep time, 1 is a fill, 1 is a stop and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-28.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
2 groovesCS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Big?

85 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 Big hard to play on drums?

22 out of 100: straightforward, and the one thing to watch is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 5 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

30 bars, about 1:25 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 4 exercises over 2 sittings, about 16 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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.

How many fills are in Big?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 29.

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