Is It True · Tame Impala

113 bars of 4/4 at 118 BPM, about 3:50 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
118 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
113
LENGTH
3:50
DIFFICULTY
47/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 100% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-76 and 93-113 -- 100% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 118 BPM
IS IT TRUE · BAR 1
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

113 bars across 3 sections: 97 keep time and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-76.

CHORUS
BREAK
OUTRO
2 groovesAS2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Is It True?

118 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 Is It True hard to play on drums?

47 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 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

113 bars, about 3:50 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 4 exercises over 2 sittings, about 19 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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