Like a Stone (FQ) · Audioslave

129 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 4:41 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
129
LENGTH
4:41
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 74% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-78 and 111-128 -- 74.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 110 BPM
LIKE A STONE (FQ) · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 109.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 109 · LANDS ON BAR 110
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

129 bars across 5 sections: 121 keep time, 1 is a fill and 3 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-78.

CHORUS
PART B
PART C
OUTRO 2
4 groovesABCDFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Like a Stone (FQ)?

110 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 Like a Stone (FQ) hard to play on drums?

43 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 30 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

129 bars, about 4:41 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 15 exercises over 4 sittings, about 26 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 Like a Stone (FQ)?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 109.

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