Just Pretend (More accurate drums) · BAD OMENS

109 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 3:07 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
109
LENGTH
3:07
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 19-21, 23 and 25, and 9 more places -- 24.1% 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
JUST PRETEND (MORE ACCURATE DRUMS) · BAR 19
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 22, 24, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 16 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 36-43 · LANDS ON BAR 44 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 51 · LANDS ON BAR 52 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

109 bars across 15 sections: 49 keep time, 22 are fills, 3 are stops and 26 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-16.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
BREAK
PART S5
CHORUS 2
PART O
PART S8
PART Q
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesDOBQS1+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Just Pretend (More accurate drums)?

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 Just Pretend (More accurate drums) hard to play on drums?

44 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 28 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

109 bars, about 3:07 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 32 exercises over 9 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Just Pretend (More accurate drums)?

7 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 22, 24, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 109 BARS ANALYSED
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