Precious · Depeche Mode

101 bars of 4/4 at a walking 106 BPM, 3:49 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndiePop90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
106 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
101
LENGTH
3:49
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 44% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-14, 17-22 and 35-44, and 2 more places -- 43.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 106 BPM
PRECIOUS · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

101 bars across 5 sections: 97 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 54-93.

PART A
CHORUS
PART A
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesCAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Precious?

106 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 Precious hard to play on drums?

38 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 26 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

101 bars, about 3:49 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 10 exercises over 3 sittings, about 25 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.

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