Cool Cat · Queen

45 bars, 2:26, at 74 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Hi-hat, snare and kick and nothing else.

RockPopUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
74 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
45
LENGTH
2:26
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 100% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-45 -- 100% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 74 BPM
COOL CAT · BAR 1
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

45 bars: 45 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-45.

VERSE
1 grooveAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Cool Cat?

74 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 Cool Cat hard to play on drums?

44 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how much of it falls off the beat the part that decides it. The beat itself is 33 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

45 bars, about 2:26 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 3 exercises over 2 sittings, about 16 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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