Mia · Chevelle

65 bars of 4/4 at 118 BPM, about 2:12 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieMetal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
118 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
65
LENGTH
2:12
DIFFICULTY
77/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 76% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-15, 17-19 and 21-31, and 8 more places -- 75.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 118 BPM
MIA · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 12, 32 and 48.

LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

65 bars across 2 sections: 50 keep time, 3 are fills, 1 is a stop and 11 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 13-31.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
2 groovesCS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Mia?

118 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 Mia hard to play on drums?

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

How long is the drum part?

65 bars, about 2:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 8 exercises over 4 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Mia?

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 12, 32 and 48.

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