brutal (Full) · Olivia Rodrigo

59 bars, 4:43, at 50 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick and nothing else.

PopAlternative / IndieUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
50 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
59
LENGTH
4:43
DIFFICULTY
28/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 58% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 4-7, 24-29 and 32-35, and 2 more places -- 58.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 50 BPM
BRUTAL (FULL) · BAR 24
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 4 times: bars 23, 30, 43 and 50.

LOOP · 50 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

59 bars across 7 sections: 39 keep time, 4 are fills, 2 are stops and 11 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 52-59.

COUNT-IN
INTRO
BREAK
PART C
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesBCS3S1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is brutal (Full)?

50 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is brutal (Full) hard to play on drums?

28 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 22 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

59 bars, about 4:43 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 10 exercises over 3 sittings, about 21 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in brutal (Full)?

1 fill to learn, played 4 times: bars 23, 30, 43 and 50.

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