Me and the Birds · Duster

22 bars, 1:26, at 60 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Ride, snare and kick and nothing else.

Alternative / IndieRockUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
60 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
22
LENGTH
1:26
DIFFICULTY
35/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 67% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2, 4 and 6-11, and 2 more places -- 66.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 60 BPM
ME AND THE BIRDS · BAR 4
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 21 and 22.

LOOP · 60 BPM
BARS 21-22 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

22 bars across 2 sections: 19 keep time, 2 are fills and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-20.

OUTRO
2 groovesBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Me and the Birds?

60 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Me and the Birds 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?

22 bars, about 1:26 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 6 exercises over 3 sittings, about 19 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

ride, 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.

How many fills are in Me and the Birds?

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 21 and 22.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 22 BARS ANALYSED
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