Congratulations · MGMT

117 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 3:45 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndiePop120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
117
LENGTH
3:45
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 69% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-23, 25-31 and 33-39, and 5 more places -- 69.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 125 BPM
CONGRATULATIONS · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 100 and 116.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 100 · LANDS ON BAR 101
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 116 · LANDS ON BAR 117
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

117 bars across 6 sections: 100 keep time, 2 are fills and 8 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-39.

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

Questions

What BPM is Congratulations?

125 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 Congratulations hard to play on drums?

43 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 28 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

117 bars, about 3:45 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 14 exercises over 4 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Congratulations?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 100 and 116.

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