Boss of Me (Theme From Malcom in the Middle) · They Might Be Giants

73 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 2:53 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

Alternative / IndiePunk90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
73
LENGTH
2:53
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 45% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-12, 26-30 and 44-51, and 2 more places -- 45.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BOSS OF ME (THEME FROM MALCOM IN THE MIDDLE) · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 5, 13, 17, 25, 31, 43 and 2 more.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

73 bars across 6 sections: 55 keep time, 9 are fills and 2 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 45-59.

PART B
CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesDBFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Boss of Me (Theme From Malcom in the Middle)?

100 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 Boss of Me (Theme From Malcom in the Middle) hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 62 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

73 bars, about 2:53 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 15 exercises over 8 sittings, about 21 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid 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 Boss of Me (Theme From Malcom in the Middle)?

4 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 5, 13, 17, 25, 31, 43 and 2 more.

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