Crosseyed and Painless · Talking Heads

171 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 5:04 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Rock120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
171
LENGTH
5:04
DIFFICULTY
50/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 100% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-171 -- 100% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 135 BPM
CROSSEYED AND PAINLESS · BAR 1
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

171 bars: 171 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-171.

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

Questions

What BPM is Crosseyed and Painless?

135 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 Crosseyed and Painless hard to play on drums?

50 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 37 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

171 bars, about 5:04 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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