earrings + 4me 4me + you owe me + rodrick rules + roommates + chest pain · malcolm todd

461 bars of 4/4 at a walking 80 BPM, 22:15 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

Under 90 BPM
TEMPO
80 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
461
LENGTH
22:15
DIFFICULTY
47/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 236-238, 240-242 and 326-341, and 1 more place -- 11.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 80 BPM
EARRINGS + 4ME 4ME + YOU OWE ME + RODRICK RULES + ROOMMATES + CHEST PAIN · BAR 326
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 413, 436, 437, 445, 456, 458 and 1 more.

LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 413 · LANDS ON BAR 414 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 80 BPM
BARS 436-437 · LANDS ON BAR 438 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

461 bars across 34 sections: 290 keep time, 7 are fills, 3 are stops and 138 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 326-373.

BREAK 5
CHORUS 3
PART AG
BREAK 8
26 groovesADAGLS29AN+21Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is earrings + 4me 4me + you owe me + rodrick rules + roommates + chest pain?

80 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 earrings + 4me 4me + you owe me + rodrick rules + roommates + chest pain hard to play on drums?

47 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 49 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

461 bars, about 22:15 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 77 exercises over 21 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid 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 earrings + 4me 4me + you owe me + rodrick rules + roommates + chest pain?

2 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 413, 436, 437, 445, 456, 458 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 461 BARS ANALYSED
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