Fast Times In Tahoe · Elemeno P

50 bars of 4/4 at a walking 88 BPM, 2:16 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRockUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
88 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
50
LENGTH
2:16
DIFFICULTY
36/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 67% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-6, 8-12 and 17-18, and 8 more places -- 66.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 88 BPM
FAST TIMES IN TAHOE · BAR 5
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 16, 19, 34, 43, 46 and 49.

LOOP · 88 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 88 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 88 BPM
BAR 43 · LANDS ON BAR 44
LOOP · 88 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

50 bars across 2 sections: 36 keep time, 6 are fills, 3 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 20-31.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
2 groovesBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Fast Times In Tahoe?

88 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 Fast Times In Tahoe hard to play on drums?

36 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 18 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

50 bars, about 2:16 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 8 exercises over 2 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Fast Times In Tahoe?

4 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 16, 19, 34, 43, 46 and 49.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 50 BARS ANALYSED
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