I'm a Believer · Giant

117 bars of 4/4 at a walking 108 BPM, 4:20 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

RockMetal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
108 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
117
LENGTH
4:20
DIFFICULTY
59/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 4-9, 15 and 19, and 14 more places -- 23.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 108 BPM
I'M A BELIEVER · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 41, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 and 7 more.

LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42
LOOP · 108 BPM
BARS 95-100 · LANDS ON BAR 101 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 107 · LANDS ON BAR 108
LOOP · 108 BPM
BARS 110-111 · LANDS ON BAR 112 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

117 bars across 13 sections: 85 keep time, 13 are fills and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 50-66.

CHORUS
PART G
PART D
CHORUS 3
PART F
PART N
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesCDNFG+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is I'm a Believer?

108 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'm a Believer hard to play on drums?

59 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 49 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

117 bars, about 4:20 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 11 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'm a Believer?

5 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 41, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 117 BARS ANALYSED
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