Mind Mischief · Tame Impala

179 bars at 160 BPM -- fast, and 4:29 of it without a break -- on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock150 BPM and up
TEMPO
160 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
179
LENGTH
4:29
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7, 11 and 15, and 38 more places -- 23.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 160 BPM
MIND MISCHIEF · BAR 15
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 33, 41 and 97.

LOOP · 160 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 160 BPM
BAR 97 · LANDS ON BAR 98
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

179 bars across 20 sections: 114 keep time, 3 are fills, 45 are stops and 5 are silent.

PART F
PART I
PART E
PART E
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
9 groovesOFEID+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Mind Mischief?

160 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. At that speed the thirty-second notes are the whole difficulty, so the room will take it down to a quarter of it and climb back.

Is Mind Mischief hard to play on drums?

40 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how fine the subdivision is the part that decides it. The beat itself is 40 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

179 bars, about 4:29 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 34 exercises over 8 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Mind Mischief?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 33, 41 and 97.

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