If I Get High · Nothing But Thieves

93 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 2:39 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

PopAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
93
LENGTH
2:39
DIFFICULTY
37/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 26, 28 and 30, and 7 more places -- 20.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
IF I GET HIGH · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 40, 63, 64, 88 and 92.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 63-64 · LANDS ON BAR 65 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 92 · LANDS ON BAR 93
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

93 bars across 12 sections: 50 keep time, 5 are fills, 12 are stops and 20 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-12.

INTRO
BREAK
CHORUS
PART D
PART B
PART S8
PART C
PART I
OUTRO
10 groovesAICLS3+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is If I Get High?

140 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 If I Get High 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 21 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

93 bars, about 2:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 24 exercises over 7 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 If I Get High?

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 40, 63, 64, 88 and 92.

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