Rhinestone Eyes · Gorillaz

76 bars of 4/4 at a walking 93 BPM, 3:16 of playing, on hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

Hip Hop / ReggaeElectronic90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
93 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
76
LENGTH
3:16
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 80% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-3, 5-7 and 9-11, and 9 more places -- 80.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 93 BPM
RHINESTONE EYES · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

76 bars across 3 sections: 72 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-51.

CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesAEFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Rhinestone Eyes?

93 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 Rhinestone Eyes hard to play on drums?

44 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 33 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

76 bars, about 3:16 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 9 exercises over 3 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

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