Hunnybee · Unknown Mortal Orchestra

132 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:25 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
132
LENGTH
4:25
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 89% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10-21, 24-38 and 41-52, and 5 more places -- 88.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 120 BPM
HUNNYBEE · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 5 times: bars 22, 39, 53, 101 and 115.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

132 bars across 2 sections: 119 keep time, 5 are fills and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 54-100.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
2 groovesDS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Hunnybee?

120 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 Hunnybee 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 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

132 bars, about 4:25 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 6 exercises over 3 sittings, about 20 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 Hunnybee?

1 fill to learn, played 5 times: bars 22, 39, 53, 101 and 115.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 132 BARS ANALYSED
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