smells like teen spirit (tab for beginners) · Nirvana

60 bars of 4/4 at 113 BPM, about 2:07 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndiePunk90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
113 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
60
LENGTH
2:07
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 42% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-24 and 49-60 -- 42.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 113 BPM
SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT (TAB FOR BEGINNERS) · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 4 and 32.

LOOP · 113 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 113 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

60 bars across 6 sections: 49 keep time, 2 are fills and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 34-47.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART E
PART F
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesCEFS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is smells like teen spirit (tab for beginners)?

113 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 smells like teen spirit (tab for beginners) 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 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

60 bars, about 2:07 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 15 exercises over 4 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in smells like teen spirit (tab for beginners)?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 4 and 32.

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