Okay, You Can Be Tigers, But No Crashing · newfound interest in connecticut

145 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 4:38 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
145
LENGTH
4:38
DIFFICULTY
56/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 41-45, 47 and 49, and 4 more places -- 14.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 125 BPM
OKAY, YOU CAN BE TIGERS, BUT NO CRASHING · BAR 41
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 34 times: bars 16, 17, 27, 28, 30, 46 and 28 more.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 16-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 27-28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

145 bars across 16 sections: 71 keep time, 34 are fills, 1 is a stop and 27 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 137-145.

PART D
CHORUS
PART S9
PART AD
PART AH
PART AJ
OUTRO 2
16 groovesKS9AJASD+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Okay, You Can Be Tigers, But No Crashing?

125 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 Okay, You Can Be Tigers, But No Crashing hard to play on drums?

56 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 32 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

145 bars, about 4:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 49 exercises over 15 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Okay, You Can Be Tigers, But No Crashing?

10 fills to learn, played 34 times: bars 16, 17, 27, 28, 30, 46 and 28 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 145 BARS ANALYSED
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