i bet on losing dogs · Girlstoopid

54 bars of 4/4 at a walking 82 BPM, 2:40 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieElectronicUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
82 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
54
LENGTH
2:40
DIFFICULTY
35/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 52% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 11-14, 17 and 19, and 10 more places -- 51.9% 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 · BAR 11
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 30 and 54.

LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31
LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 54
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

54 bars across 2 sections: 50 keep time and 2 are fills. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 31-53.

OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesCAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is i bet on losing dogs?

82 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 i bet on losing dogs hard to play on drums?

35 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 22 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

54 bars, about 2:40 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 9 exercises over 3 sittings, about 21 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in i bet on losing dogs?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 30 and 54.

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