energy · Drake

58 bars of 4/4 at a walking 86 BPM, 2:42 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Under 90 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
86 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
58
LENGTH
2:42
DIFFICULTY
34/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 39% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 21-24 and 29-35 -- 39.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 86 BPM
ENERGY · BAR 22
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

58 bars across 11 sections: 26 keep time and 30 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 29-35.

COUNT-IN
BREAK 2
CHORUS
BREAK 3
CHORUS 2
BREAK 4
PART D
PART A
BREAK 5
OUTRO
9 groovesACS3S1S7+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is energy?

86 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 energy hard to play on drums?

34 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 27 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

58 bars, about 2:42 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 4 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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