Double Bass · Gorillaz

97 bars of 4/4 at a walking 83 BPM, 4:40 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Hip Hop / ReggaeAlternative / IndieUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
83 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
97
LENGTH
4:40
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 98% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-59, 62-66 and 69-97 -- 97.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 83 BPM
DOUBLE BASS · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

97 bars across 3 sections: 95 keep time and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-59.

VERSE
VERSE 2
2 groovesAS2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Double Bass?

83 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 Double Bass hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 62 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

97 bars, about 4:40 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 5 exercises over 2 sittings, about 27 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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