expectations · Olivia Rodrigo

121 bars of 4/4 at 133 BPM, about 3:37 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
133 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
121
LENGTH
3:37
DIFFICULTY
54/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 40% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-8, 18-20 and 22-32, and 4 more places -- 40% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 133 BPM
EXPECTATIONS · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 9, 41, 49, 72, 73, 81 and 3 more.

LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42
LOOP · 133 BPM
BARS 72-73 · LANDS ON BAR 74 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 121
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

121 bars across 9 sections: 102 keep time, 9 are fills and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 19-40.

PART B
CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
PART B
CHORUS 3
PART B
OUTRO
3 groovesDBS8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is expectations?

133 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 expectations hard to play on drums?

54 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 33 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

121 bars, about 3:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 17 exercises over 5 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, 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 expectations?

4 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 9, 41, 49, 72, 73, 81 and 3 more.

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