Bobby Markos Posi Talk · Midwest Pen Pals

41 bars of 4/4 at 121 BPM, about 1:14 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
121 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
41
LENGTH
1:14
DIFFICULTY
81/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-16 -- 20% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 121 BPM
BOBBY MARKOS POSI TALK · BAR 9
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 4, 6 and 7.

LOOP · 121 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 121 BPM
BARS 6-7 · LANDS ON BAR 8 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

41 bars across 7 sections: 31 keep time, 3 are fills and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-16.

PART A
CHORUS
PART F
PART I
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesEFIMA+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Bobby Markos Posi Talk?

121 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 Bobby Markos Posi Talk hard to play on drums?

81 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 39 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

41 bars, about 1:14 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 20 exercises over 9 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 Bobby Markos Posi Talk?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 4, 6 and 7.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 41 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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