I Bet on Losing Dogs (AI) · Mitski

83 bars of 2/4 -- not four -- at 82 BPM, 2:40 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieElectronicUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
82 BPM
TIME
2/4
BARS
83
LENGTH
2:40
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 37% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 22, 24 and 26, and 12 more places -- 37.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 82 BPM
I BET ON LOSING DOGS (AI) · BAR 24
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 33, 35, 75, 79 and 82.

LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 35 · LANDS ON BAR 36
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

83 bars across 7 sections: 61 keep time, 5 are fills and 8 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 37-47.

PART A
PART B
PART C
PART F
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesDACNF+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is I Bet on Losing Dogs (AI)?

82 BPM, in 2/4, 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 I Bet on Losing Dogs (AI) 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 17 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

83 bars, about 2:40 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 26 exercises over 7 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 I Bet on Losing Dogs (AI)?

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 33, 35, 75, 79 and 82.

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