Bigger Boys And Stolen Sweethearts · Arctic Monkeys

95 bars of 4/4 at 132 BPM, about 2:51 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
132 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
95
LENGTH
2:51
DIFFICULTY
53/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 22, 24 and 26, and 13 more places -- 18.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 132 BPM
BIGGER BOYS AND STOLEN SWEETHEARTS · BAR 22
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 54, 61, 82, 90 and 92.

LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 54 · LANDS ON BAR 55
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 61 · LANDS ON BAR 62
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 82 · LANDS ON BAR 83 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 90 · LANDS ON BAR 91
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

95 bars across 11 sections: 47 keep time, 9 are fills, 24 are stops and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 11-17.

PART S2
PART D
CHORUS
PART H
PART K
PART O
OUTRO 2
10 groovesGHKDS2+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Bigger Boys And Stolen Sweethearts?

132 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 Bigger Boys And Stolen Sweethearts hard to play on drums?

53 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how often it moves around the kit. The beat itself is 47 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

95 bars, about 2:51 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 23 exercises over 7 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Bigger Boys And Stolen Sweethearts?

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 54, 61, 82, 90 and 92.

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