Moaning Lisa Smile · Wolf Alice

64 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 2:34 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / Indie90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
64
LENGTH
2:34
DIFFICULTY
45/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-16, 25-27 and 29-31 -- 23.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 100 BPM
MOANING LISA SMILE · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 40, 48 and 64.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 64
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

64 bars across 4 sections: 14 keep time, 3 are fills, 41 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 10-16.

COUNT-IN
PART S2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesACS1S2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Moaning Lisa Smile?

100 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 Moaning Lisa Smile hard to play on drums?

45 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 42 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

64 bars, about 2:34 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 10 exercises over 3 sittings, about 21 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 Moaning Lisa Smile?

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 40, 48 and 64.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 64 BARS ANALYSED
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