Difficult Love · malcolm todd

81 bars of 4/4 at 128 BPM, about 2:32 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
128 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
81
LENGTH
2:32
DIFFICULTY
26/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 100% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-49 and 66-81 -- 100% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 128 BPM
DIFFICULT LOVE · BAR 2
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

81 bars across 4 sections: 64 keep time and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-49.

CHORUS
BREAK
OUTRO
3 groovesBS3S1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Difficult Love?

128 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 Difficult Love hard to play on drums?

26 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the speed of the hand keeping time the part that decides it. The beat itself is 22 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

81 bars, about 2:32 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 4 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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