Closer · Kings Of Leon

12 bars of 4/4 at a walking 80 BPM, 0:36 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieRockUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
80 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
12
LENGTH
0:36
DIFFICULTY
59/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 89% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-12 -- 88.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 80 BPM
CLOSER · BAR 5
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

12 bars across 2 sections: 9 keep time and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 4-12.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
2 groovesCS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Closer?

80 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 Closer hard to play on drums?

59 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 53 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

12 bars, about 0:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 3 exercises over 2 sittings, about 17 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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