Kiss Me 2022 · Dermot Kennedy

108 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:36 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
108
LENGTH
3:36
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 74% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-3, 5-7 and 9-10, and 19 more places -- 74% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 120 BPM
KISS ME 2022 · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 3 times: bars 20, 52 and 84.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

108 bars across 7 sections: 94 keep time, 3 are fills and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 53-76.

PART B
PART C
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
BREAK 2
OUTRO
5 groovesABCS6S4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Kiss Me 2022?

120 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 Kiss Me 2022 hard to play on drums?

42 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 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

108 bars, about 3:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 13 exercises over 4 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Kiss Me 2022?

1 fill to learn, played 3 times: bars 20, 52 and 84.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 108 BARS ANALYSED
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