BITE ME (Normal Pitch) · AJ Dispirito

96 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:10 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
96
LENGTH
3:10
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 4% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18 and 76-78 -- 4.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BITE ME (NORMAL PITCH) · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

18 fills to learn, played 58 times: bars 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 52 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 4-7 · LANDS ON BAR 8 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 9-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 9 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 19-24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 6 TIMES

15 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

96 bars across 9 sections: 16 keep time, 58 are fills, 13 are stops and 4 are silent.

PART S2
CHORUS
PART AI
PART AM
PART A
CHORUS 2
8 groovesOAMS2AAI+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is BITE ME (Normal Pitch)?

120 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 BITE ME (Normal Pitch) hard to play on drums?

55 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 33 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

96 bars, about 3:10 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 35 exercises over 10 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in BITE ME (Normal Pitch)?

18 fills to learn, played 58 times: bars 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 52 more.

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