Change · Big Thief

79 bars, 4:52, at 65 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Hi-hat, snare and kick and nothing else.

Under 90 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
65 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
79
LENGTH
4:52
DIFFICULTY
27/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 57% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 3-8, 11-12 and 15-39, and 6 more places -- 57% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 65 BPM
CHANGE · BAR 3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

79 bars across 5 sections: 73 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-39.

CHORUS
PART C
PART F
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesBFCFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Change?

65 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 Change hard to play on drums?

27 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 17 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

79 bars, about 4:52 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 20 exercises over 6 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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