Electrastar · Indochine

154 bars of 4/4 at 118 BPM, about 5:13 of playing, on crash, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndiePop90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
118 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
154
LENGTH
5:13
DIFFICULTY
29/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 96% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 11-41, 43-73 and 75-98, and 1 more place -- 96.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 118 BPM
ELECTRASTAR · BAR 11
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 106.

LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 106 · LANDS ON BAR 107
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

154 bars across 9 sections: 137 keep time, 1 is a fill and 15 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 108-154.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
OUTRO 2
6 groovesCS1DS7S3+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Electrastar?

118 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 Electrastar hard to play on drums?

29 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 14 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

154 bars, about 5:13 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 10 exercises over 3 sittings, about 21 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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.

How many fills are in Electrastar?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 106.

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