Human · Brandi Carlile

127 bars of 4/4 at 122 BPM, about 4:10 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
122 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
127
LENGTH
4:10
DIFFICULTY
33/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 32-35, 48 and 50-56, and 1 more place -- 19% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 122 BPM
HUMAN · BAR 50
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 69, 75, 81, 85, 87, 88 and 7 more.

LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 69 · LANDS ON BAR 70
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 75 · LANDS ON BAR 76 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 81 · LANDS ON BAR 82
LOOP · 122 BPM
BARS 87-88 · LANDS ON BAR 89 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

127 bars across 15 sections: 84 keep time, 13 are fills, 9 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 49-68.

PART C
PART I
PART H
PART M
CHORUS
OUTRO 2
11 groovesLHMCB+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Human?

122 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 Human hard to play on drums?

33 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 18 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

127 bars, about 4:10 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 41 exercises over 9 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 Human?

8 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 69, 75, 81, 85, 87, 88 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 127 BARS ANALYSED
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