Reena · sonic youth

137 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 3:47 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
137
LENGTH
3:47
DIFFICULTY
58/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 25% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-6, 25-28 and 31, and 19 more places -- 24.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 145 BPM
REENA · BAR 67
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 20, 32, 52, 85, 86, 87 and 5 more.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 145 BPM
BARS 85-88 · LANDS ON BAR 89 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 100 · LANDS ON BAR 101
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

137 bars across 11 sections: 107 keep time, 11 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 58-70.

CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 2
PART I
CHORUS 3
PART K
PART M
PART G
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesAIMEK+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Reena?

145 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 Reena hard to play on drums?

58 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 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

137 bars, about 3:47 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 37 exercises over 11 sittings, about 26 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 Reena?

4 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 20, 32, 52, 85, 86, 87 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 137 BARS ANALYSED
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