Cute Thing · Car Seat Headrest

162 bars of 4/4 at 114 BPM, about 5:41 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
114 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
162
LENGTH
5:41
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9, 11 and 13, and 16 more places -- 14.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 114 BPM
CUTE THING · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 24 and 25 more.

LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

162 bars across 21 sections: 66 keep time, 31 are fills, 19 are stops and 29 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 112-123.

CHORUS
PART I
CHORUS 2
PART N
CHORUS 4
PART S17
16 groovesDNS17AGI+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Cute Thing?

114 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 Cute Thing 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 39 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

162 bars, about 5:41 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 65 exercises over 15 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Cute Thing?

17 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 24 and 25 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 162 BARS ANALYSED
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