CANT STOP GM · RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS GM

97 bars of 4/4 at a walking 92 BPM, 4:13 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieFunk / Soul90 to 119 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
92 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
97
LENGTH
4:13
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 47% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-27, 37-51 and 81-95 -- 47.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 92 BPM
CANT STOP GM · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 28, 32, 52, 56, 76 and 96.

LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 76 · LANDS ON BAR 77
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

97 bars across 7 sections: 77 keep time, 6 are fills, 4 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 13-27.

PART A
CHORUS
PART G
CHORUS 2
PART G
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesEJGAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is CANT STOP GM?

92 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 CANT STOP GM hard to play on drums?

55 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how often it moves around the kit. The beat itself is 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

97 bars, about 4:13 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 19 exercises over 5 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in CANT STOP GM?

3 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 28, 32, 52, 56, 76 and 96.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 97 BARS ANALYSED
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