Life Goes On · Oliver Tree

53 bars of 4/4 at a walking 80 BPM, 2:39 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieHip Hop / ReggaeUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
80 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
53
LENGTH
2:39
DIFFICULTY
35/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 72% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-3, 5-11 and 13-19, and 3 more places -- 72.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 80 BPM
LIFE GOES ON · BAR 1
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

53 bars across 5 sections: 47 keep time and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-27.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
BREAK 2
VERSE
4 groovesADS4S2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Life Goes On?

80 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 Life Goes On hard to play on drums?

35 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?

53 bars, about 2:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 8 exercises over 3 sittings, about 22 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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