i cant stay here · semaj

169 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 5:24 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
169
LENGTH
5:24
DIFFICULTY
81/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 149-168 -- 12.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 125 BPM
I CANT STAY HERE · BAR 154
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

19 fills to learn, played 39 times: bars 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 36 and 33 more.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 19-21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 28-29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 36-37 · LANDS ON BAR 38 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 40-41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 8 TIMES

15 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

169 bars across 17 sections: 79 keep time, 40 are fills, 33 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 149-168.

PART B
PART N
CHORUS
PART AB
CHORUS 2
PART AM
PART Y
OUTRO 2
16 groovesVNBEYAM+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is i cant stay here?

125 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 i cant stay here hard to play on drums?

81 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

169 bars, about 5:24 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 68 exercises over 20 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in i cant stay here?

19 fills to learn, played 39 times: bars 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 36 and 33 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 169 BARS ANALYSED
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