Posthumous Forgiveness · Tame Impala

120 bars of 4/4 at a walking 77 BPM, 6:12 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockAlternative / IndieUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
77 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
120
LENGTH
6:12
DIFFICULTY
31/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 26, 28 and 46, and 3 more places -- 19.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 77 BPM
POSTHUMOUS FORGIVENESS · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 36, 119 and 120.

LOOP · 77 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37
LOOP · 77 BPM
BARS 119-120 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

120 bars across 13 sections: 84 keep time, 3 are fills, 2 are stops and 23 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 19-35.

PART B
PART F
PART J
PART I
BREAK
PART I
BREAK 4
CHORUS
OUTRO 2
11 groovesVFIBS10+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Posthumous Forgiveness?

77 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 Posthumous Forgiveness hard to play on drums?

31 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 0 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

120 bars, about 6:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 29 exercises over 7 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Posthumous Forgiveness?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 36, 119 and 120.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 120 BARS ANALYSED
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