Santa Monica · Everclear

81 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 3:14 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
81
LENGTH
3:14
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 57% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25-34, 36-38 and 40-42, and 11 more places -- 57.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 100 BPM
SANTA MONICA · BAR 25
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 16, 20, 23, 43, 51, 55 and 1 more.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 43 · LANDS ON BAR 44 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

81 bars across 5 sections: 55 keep time, 7 are fills, 3 are stops and 13 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 64-78.

COUNT-IN
PART C
OUTRO
4 groovesGS1CAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Santa Monica?

100 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 Santa Monica hard to play on drums?

49 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 32 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

81 bars, about 3:14 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 13 exercises over 4 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Santa Monica?

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 16, 20, 23, 43, 51, 55 and 1 more.

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