Song I like 2 · Zacharie Boivin

83 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:02 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
83
LENGTH
3:02
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 53-54, 61-62 and 69-70, and 1 more place -- 9.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
SONG I LIKE 2 · BARS 53-54
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 6, 14, 18, 23, 53, 55 and 7 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

100 bars across 12 sections: 45 keep time, 13 are fills, 9 are stops and 27 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 38-50.

PART B
PART H
PART Q
PART U
OUTRO
BREAK 4
11 groovesS12AFUHB+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Song I like 2?

120 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Song I like 2 hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 53 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

83 bars, about 3:02 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 41 exercises over 15 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Song I like 2?

8 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 6, 14, 18, 23, 53, 55 and 7 more.

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