(Rock) Superstar · Cypress Hill

94 bars of 4/4 at a walking 95 BPM, 3:57 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Hip Hop / ReggaeAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
95 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
94
LENGTH
3:57
DIFFICULTY
64/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 96% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-32, 41-48 and 53-67, and 1 more place -- 95.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 95 BPM
(ROCK) SUPERSTAR · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

94 bars across 8 sections: 67 keep time and 27 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 8-32.

COUNT-IN
VERSE
BREAK
VERSE 2
VERSE 3
BREAK 3
VERSE 4
5 groovesCS3S7S1S5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is (Rock) Superstar?

95 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 (Rock) Superstar hard to play on drums?

64 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 68 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

94 bars, about 3:57 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 6 exercises over 2 sittings, about 26 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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