Not Now · Blink-182

98 bars of 4/4 at a walking 106 BPM, 3:42 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

PunkAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
106 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
98
LENGTH
3:42
DIFFICULTY
92/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-7 and 57-71 -- 22.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 106 BPM
NOT NOW · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 8, 36, 48, 52, 56, 72 and 5 more.

LOOP · 106 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 106 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37
LOOP · 106 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49
LOOP · 106 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

98 bars across 14 sections: 69 keep time, 11 are fills and 2 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 58-71.

CHORUS
PART C
PART G
PART I
PART M
CHORUS 2
PART K
OUTRO 2
7 groovesACIKG+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Not Now?

106 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 Not Now hard to play on drums?

92 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 84 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

98 bars, about 3:42 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 40 exercises over 13 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, 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 Not Now?

8 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 8, 36, 48, 52, 56, 72 and 5 more.

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