Ironic. · Alanis Morissette

69 bars of 4/4 at a walking 86 BPM, 3:11 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom and kick.

Alternative / IndiePopUnder 90 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
86 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
69
LENGTH
3:11
DIFFICULTY
53/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 93% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 15-31, 33-48 and 62-69 -- 93.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 86 BPM
IRONIC. · BAR 15
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 32 and 61.

LOOP · 86 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 86 BPM
BAR 61 · LANDS ON BAR 62
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

69 bars across 4 sections: 42 keep time, 2 are fills and 25 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 14-31.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
BREAK
OUTRO
3 groovesCS1S3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Ironic.?

86 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 Ironic. hard to play on drums?

53 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?

69 bars, about 3:11 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, high tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Ironic.?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 32 and 61.

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