Bin ich nur glücklich, wenn es schmerzt · Bo

123 bars of 4/4 at a walking 90 BPM, 5:28 of playing, on crash, ride, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
90 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
123
LENGTH
5:28
DIFFICULTY
23/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 63% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-31, 42 and 44, and 8 more places -- 62.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 90 BPM
BIN ICH NUR GLÜCKLICH, WENN ES SCHMERZT · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 32, 40, 41, 69, 77, 78 and 1 more.

LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 90 BPM
BARS 40-41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 69 · LANDS ON BAR 70 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BARS 77-78 · LANDS ON BAR 79 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

123 bars across 6 sections: 108 keep time, 7 are fills and 2 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-31.

CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART C
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesACFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Bin ich nur glücklich, wenn es schmerzt?

90 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 Bin ich nur glücklich, wenn es schmerzt hard to play on drums?

23 out of 100: straightforward, and the one thing to watch is how often it moves around the kit. The beat itself is 0 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

123 bars, about 5:28 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 15 exercises over 4 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, snare, high tom, mid 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 Bin ich nur glücklich, wenn es schmerzt?

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 32, 40, 41, 69, 77, 78 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 123 BARS ANALYSED
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