Fragen · Beatsteaks

78 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 2:50 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

PunkAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
78
LENGTH
2:50
DIFFICULTY
54/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 3-10 and 30-37 -- 21.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 110 BPM
FRAGEN · BAR 4
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 2, 18, 19, 28, 29, 45 and 1 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 18-19 · LANDS ON BAR 20 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 28-29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

78 bars across 9 sections: 57 keep time, 7 are fills, 4 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 59-71.

PART C
CHORUS
PART I
PART C
CHORUS 2
BREAK
PART M
OUTRO
7 groovesDCMIL+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Fragen?

110 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Fragen hard to play on drums?

54 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how fine the subdivision is. The beat itself is 52 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

78 bars, about 2:50 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 23 exercises over 8 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Fragen?

3 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 2, 18, 19, 28, 29, 45 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 78 BARS ANALYSED
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