Maybe I am a terrible person · Nate Dawg

149 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 4:15 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
149
LENGTH
4:15
DIFFICULTY
68/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 113-120 and 145-147 -- 7.8% 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
MAYBE I AM A TERRIBLE PERSON · BAR 113
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 24, 28, 32, 80, 84, 86 and 4 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 86 · LANDS ON BAR 87 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

149 bars across 18 sections: 94 keep time, 10 are fills, 17 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 46-57.

PART F
PART K
CHORUS
PART AB
PART K
PART S11
PART AM
PART AT
PART AB
CHORUS 2
12 groovesSABKATF+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Maybe I am a terrible person?

140 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Maybe I am a terrible person hard to play on drums?

68 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 55 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

149 bars, about 4:15 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 55 exercises over 19 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Maybe I am a terrible person?

6 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 24, 28, 32, 80, 84, 86 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 149 BARS ANALYSED
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