So Alive · Love And Rockets

124 bars of 4/4 at 119 BPM, about 4:10 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
119 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
124
LENGTH
4:10
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 98% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-80 and 85-124 -- 98.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 119 BPM
SO ALIVE · BAR 1
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

124 bars across 3 sections: 122 keep time and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-82.

CHORUS
OUTRO
2 groovesAS2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is So Alive?

119 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 So Alive hard to play on drums?

43 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 37 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

124 bars, about 4:10 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 3 exercises over 2 sittings, about 16 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.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 124 BARS ANALYSED
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