Regular People · Pantera

169 bars of 4/4 at 128 BPM, about 5:17 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
128 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
169
LENGTH
5:17
DIFFICULTY
88/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 34-36, 38-40 and 67-69, and 5 more places -- 14.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 128 BPM
REGULAR PEOPLE · BAR 34
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 8, 12, 16, 57, 90, 147 and 1 more.

LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 57 · LANDS ON BAR 58
LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 90 · LANDS ON BAR 91

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

169 bars across 20 sections: 135 keep time, 7 are fills, 3 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 113-142.

PART J
CHORUS
PART Q
CHORUS 2
PART Q
CHORUS 3
PART W
13 groovesLWQIA+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Regular People?

128 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Regular People hard to play on drums?

88 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 65 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

169 bars, about 5:17 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 55 exercises over 22 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Regular People?

6 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 8, 12, 16, 57, 90, 147 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 169 BARS ANALYSED
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