Loser (AI) · Tame Impala

77 bars of 4/4 at a walking 83 BPM, 3:40 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockUnder 90 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
83 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
77
LENGTH
3:40
DIFFICULTY
47/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 36% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-7, 9 and 13, and 18 more places -- 36% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 83 BPM
LOSER (AI) · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 50 and 59.

LOOP · 83 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51
LOOP · 83 BPM
BAR 59 · LANDS ON BAR 60
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

77 bars across 5 sections: 69 keep time, 2 are fills and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 19-49.

CHORUS
PART D
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesCDHAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Loser (AI)?

83 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 Loser (AI) 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 22 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

77 bars, about 3:40 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 18 exercises over 6 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Loser (AI)?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 50 and 59.

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