Sister Europe · Foo Fighters

117 bars of 4/4 at a walking 97 BPM, 4:49 of playing, on crash, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
97 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
117
LENGTH
4:49
DIFFICULTY
27/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 82% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-27, 37-43 and 45-60, and 3 more places -- 82.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 97 BPM
SISTER EUROPE · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 28, 36, 44 and 84.

LOOP · 97 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 97 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

117 bars across 5 sections: 108 keep time and 4 are fills. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 85-117.

CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesACFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sister Europe?

97 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 Sister Europe hard to play on drums?

27 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 6 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

117 bars, about 4:49 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 4 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Sister Europe?

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 28, 36, 44 and 84.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 117 BARS ANALYSED
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