Blew (Live at the paramount) · Nirvana

93 bars of 4/4 at 132 BPM, about 2:49 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
132 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
93
LENGTH
2:49
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 58% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 5-7, 9-11 and 13-15, and 17 more places -- 58.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 132 BPM
BLEW (LIVE AT THE PARAMOUNT) · BARS 5-6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 30, 31, 32, 54, 55, 56 and 8 more.

LOOP · 132 BPM
BARS 30-32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 9 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BARS 89-93 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

93 bars across 3 sections: 74 keep time, 14 are fills and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-29.

OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesBJS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Blew (Live at the paramount)?

132 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Blew (Live at the paramount) hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 58 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

93 bars, about 2:49 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 5 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Blew (Live at the paramount)?

2 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 30, 31, 32, 54, 55, 56 and 8 more.

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