I Don't Care As Long As You Sing · Beatsteaks

110 bars of 4/4 at 129 BPM, about 3:26 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

PunkAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
129 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
110
LENGTH
3:26
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 93% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-32, 38-60 and 68-109 -- 92.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 129 BPM
I DON'T CARE AS LONG AS YOU SING · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 7 and 8.

LOOP · 129 BPM
BARS 7-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

110 bars across 7 sections: 90 keep time, 3 are fills, 2 are stops and 14 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 68-110.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
5 groovesDS1S4S6S2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is I Don't Care As Long As You Sing?

129 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 Don't Care As Long As You Sing hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 58 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

110 bars, about 3:26 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 7 exercises over 2 sittings, about 28 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 Don't Care As Long As You Sing?

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 7 and 8.

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