Closer · Chainsmokers

92 bars of 4/4 at a walking 95 BPM, 3:52 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Pop90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
95 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
92
LENGTH
3:52
DIFFICULTY
23/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 65% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-20, 29-36 and 45-52, and 2 more places -- 64.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 95 BPM
CLOSER · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

92 bars across 11 sections: 59 keep time and 30 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 27-36.

PART A
CHORUS
BREAK
CHORUS 2
PART A
CHORUS 3
BREAK 2
CHORUS 4
BREAK 3
OUTRO
6 groovesBAS10S4S8+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Closer?

95 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 Closer hard to play on drums?

23 out of 100: straightforward, and the one thing to watch is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 18 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

92 bars, about 3:52 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 9 exercises over 2 sittings, about 29 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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