New Sensation (OFFICIAL) · INXS

105 bars of 4/4 at 116 BPM, about 3:37 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
116 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
105
LENGTH
3:37
DIFFICULTY
53/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 63% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-15, 17-26 and 35-44, and 3 more places -- 62.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 116 BPM
NEW SENSATION (OFFICIAL) · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 16, 34, 45 and 82.

LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

105 bars across 6 sections: 96 keep time and 4 are fills. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-15.

CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART C
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesACFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is New Sensation (OFFICIAL)?

116 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 New Sensation (OFFICIAL) hard to play on drums?

53 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 28 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

105 bars, about 3:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 4 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in New Sensation (OFFICIAL)?

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 16, 34, 45 and 82.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 105 BARS ANALYSED
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