Hit #2 (better) · 125 Rue Montmartre

89 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 3:14 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
89
LENGTH
3:14
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 73-75, 77-83 and 85-88 -- 17.3% 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
HIT #2 (BETTER) · BAR 73
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 52.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

89 bars across 6 sections: 64 keep time, 1 is a fill, 9 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 53-70.

COUNT-IN
PART D
PART H
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesKPDHS1+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Hit #2 (better)?

110 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 Hit #2 (better) hard to play on drums?

43 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 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

89 bars, about 3:14 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 26 exercises over 9 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Hit #2 (better)?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 52.

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