Grease is the Word · Grease

88 bars of 4/4 at a walking 108 BPM, 3:13 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
108 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
88
LENGTH
3:13
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 55% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-2, 4-6 and 8-14, and 16 more places -- 54.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 108 BPM
GREASE IS THE WORD · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 17, 34, 78 and 87.

LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 78 · LANDS ON BAR 79
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 87 · LANDS ON BAR 88
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

88 bars across 3 sections: 81 keep time, 4 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 35-53.

CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesAGFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Grease is the Word?

108 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 Grease is the Word hard to play on drums?

44 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 27 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

88 bars, about 3:13 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 14 exercises over 5 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Grease is the Word?

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 17, 34, 78 and 87.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 88 BARS ANALYSED
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