Get used to it · Ricky Montgomery

115 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:50 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
115
LENGTH
3:50
DIFFICULTY
48/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 58-60, 62-64 and 74-79, and 15 more places -- 23.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
GET USED TO IT · BAR 62
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 25, 48, 49, 61, 65, 73 and 1 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 48-49 · LANDS ON BAR 50 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 61 · LANDS ON BAR 62 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 73 · LANDS ON BAR 74 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

115 bars across 6 sections: 97 keep time, 7 are fills, 2 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-24.

PART B
PART G
PART J
OUTRO
6 groovesOBJGT+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Get used to it?

120 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 Get used to it 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?

115 bars, about 3:50 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 27 exercises over 8 sittings, about 28 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 Get used to it?

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 25, 48, 49, 61, 65, 73 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 115 BARS ANALYSED
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