Perfect Situation · Weezer

97 bars of 4/4 at a walking 94 BPM, 4:08 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
94 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
97
LENGTH
4:08
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 47% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-16, 33-35 and 37-40, and 6 more places -- 47.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 94 BPM
PERFECT SITUATION · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 8, 31, 32, 36, 48, 52 and 5 more.

LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 94 BPM
BARS 31-32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

97 bars across 10 sections: 75 keep time, 11 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 18-30.

PART A
CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART D
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesCDAMIFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Perfect Situation?

94 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 Perfect Situation hard to play on drums?

43 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

97 bars, about 4:08 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 28 exercises over 7 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Perfect Situation?

6 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 8, 31, 32, 36, 48, 52 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 97 BARS ANALYSED
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