No Scrubs · TLC

84 bars of 4/4 at a walking 93 BPM, 3:37 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Funk / SoulPop90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
93 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
84
LENGTH
3:37
DIFFICULTY
57/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 66% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-20, 22-36 and 53-75, and 1 more place -- 66.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 93 BPM
NO SCRUBS · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 76 and 84.

LOOP · 93 BPM
BAR 76 · LANDS ON BAR 77
LOOP · 93 BPM
BAR 84
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

84 bars across 6 sections: 71 keep time, 2 are fills, 1 is a stop and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 54-75.

PART C
CHORUS
PART F
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesDCFS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is No Scrubs?

93 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 No Scrubs hard to play on drums?

57 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 45 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

84 bars, about 3:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 15 exercises over 5 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in No Scrubs?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 76 and 84.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 84 BARS ANALYSED
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