Exo-Politics · Muse

119 bars of 4/4 at 123 BPM, about 3:52 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieProgressive120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
123 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
119
LENGTH
3:52
DIFFICULTY
48/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 41% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 33-39, 41-47 and 49-55, and 4 more places -- 41.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 123 BPM
EXO-POLITICS · BAR 49
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 32, 48, 82, 98 and 106.

LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

119 bars across 6 sections: 75 keep time, 6 are fills and 30 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-31.

PART B
CHORUS
PART A
PART B
OUTRO
3 groovesDBAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Exo-Politics?

123 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 Exo-Politics hard to play on drums?

48 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 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

119 bars, about 3:52 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 19 exercises over 6 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Exo-Politics?

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 32, 48, 82, 98 and 106.

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