oh yeah? · Steve Lacy

44 bars, 2:27, at 72 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Hi-hat, snare and kick and nothing else.

Under 90 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
72 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
44
LENGTH
2:27
DIFFICULTY
53/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 95% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-42 -- 95% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 72 BPM
OH YEAH? · BAR 5
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 43 and 44.

LOOP · 72 BPM
BARS 43-44 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

44 bars across 2 sections: 38 keep time, 2 are fills and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-42.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
2 groovesBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is oh yeah??

72 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is oh yeah? 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 42 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

44 bars, about 2:27 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 4 exercises over 2 sittings, about 20 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

How many fills are in oh yeah??

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 43 and 44.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 44 BARS ANALYSED
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