February Stars · Foo Fighters

71 bars of 4/4 at a walking 80 BPM, 3:33 of playing, on crash, ride, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRockUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
80 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
71
LENGTH
3:33
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 47, 49-52 and 55, and 5 more places -- 22.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 80 BPM
FEBRUARY STARS · BAR 47
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 14, 21, 22, 29, 30, 42 and 13 more.

LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15
LOOP · 80 BPM
BARS 21-22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 80 BPM
BARS 42-46 · LANDS ON BAR 47 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 5 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

71 bars across 5 sections: 42 keep time, 19 are fills, 1 is a stop and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-13.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART G
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesPDGBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is February Stars?

80 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 February Stars hard to play on drums?

49 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 23 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

71 bars, about 3:33 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 24 exercises over 7 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, snare, high tom, 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 February Stars?

6 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 14, 21, 22, 29, 30, 42 and 13 more.

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