I dont want a lover · Texas

144 bars, 9:36, at 60 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick and nothing else.

PopAlternative / IndieUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
60 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
144
LENGTH
9:36
DIFFICULTY
37/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 79% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-31, 34-35 and 38-39, and 12 more places -- 79.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 60 BPM
I DONT WANT A LOVER · BAR 25
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 32, 36, 40, 48, 56, 64 and 5 more.

LOOP · 60 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 60 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 60 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

144 bars across 2 sections: 124 keep time, 11 are fills, 1 is a stop and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 89-127.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
2 groovesBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is I dont want a lover?

60 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is I dont want a lover hard to play on drums?

37 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 18 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

144 bars, about 9:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 8 exercises over 3 sittings, about 21 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 dont want a lover?

3 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 32, 36, 40, 48, 56, 64 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 144 BARS ANALYSED
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