Hedonism · Skunk Anansie

59 bars of 4/4 at a walking 80 BPM, 2:57 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRockUnder 90 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
80 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
59
LENGTH
2:57
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 54% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 13-19, 29-35 and 45-51, and 1 more place -- 53.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 80 BPM
HEDONISM · BARS 13-14
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 36, 44 and 52.

LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

59 bars across 8 sections: 49 keep time, 3 are fills and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-11.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
PART B
OUTRO
6 groovesCBS1S3S5+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Hedonism?

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 Hedonism hard to play on drums?

42 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?

59 bars, about 2:57 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 13 exercises over 4 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, 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 Hedonism?

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 36, 44 and 52.

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