Durch Den Monsun · Tokio Hotel

105 bars of 4/4 at 112 BPM, about 3:44 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

PopAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
112 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
105
LENGTH
3:44
DIFFICULTY
37/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 48% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-27 and 29-48 -- 47.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 112 BPM
DURCH DEN MONSUN · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 80 and 81.

LOOP · 112 BPM
BARS 80-81 · LANDS ON BAR 82 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

105 bars across 8 sections: 89 keep time, 2 are fills, 3 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-27.

CHORUS
PART C
PART D
PART E
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesAEHCD+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Durch Den Monsun?

112 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 Durch Den Monsun hard to play on drums?

37 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 23 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

105 bars, about 3:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 20 exercises over 5 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Durch Den Monsun?

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 80 and 81.

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