Holiday [Green Day] · Green Day

139 bars of 4/4 at 147 BPM, about 3:47 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

PunkAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
147 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
139
LENGTH
3:47
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 29-31, 33-35 and 58-60, and 7 more places -- 21.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 147 BPM
HOLIDAY [GREEN DAY] · BAR 29
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 8, 20, 28, 41, 49, 57 and 9 more.

LOOP · 147 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 147 BPM
BAR 66 · LANDS ON BAR 67
LOOP · 147 BPM
BAR 70 · LANDS ON BAR 71 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 147 BPM
BARS 109-112 · LANDS ON BAR 113 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

139 bars across 11 sections: 78 keep time, 15 are fills, 28 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 94-103.

PART F
PART G
PART F
CHORUS 2
PART Q
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesJCFGQ+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Holiday [Green Day]?

147 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 Holiday [Green Day] hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 51 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

139 bars, about 3:47 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 33 exercises over 11 sittings, about 25 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 Holiday [Green Day]?

4 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 8, 20, 28, 41, 49, 57 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 139 BARS ANALYSED
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