Elevator · Box Car Racer

83 bars of 4/4 at 154 BPM, about 2:09 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

PunkAlternative / Indie150 BPM and upFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
154 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
83
LENGTH
2:09
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 80% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-36 and 41-82 -- 79.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 154 BPM
ELEVATOR · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

83 bars across 4 sections: 79 keep time and 1 is a fill. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 42-82.

PART A
CHORUS
OUTRO 2
2 groovesBAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Elevator?

154 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 Elevator hard to play on drums?

42 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 26 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

83 bars, about 2:09 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 9 exercises over 3 sittings, about 22 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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