Sour Times · Portishead

94 bars of 4/4 at a walking 92 BPM, 4:05 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Electronic90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
92 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
94
LENGTH
4:05
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 100% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 1-94 -- 100% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 92 BPM
SOUR TIMES · BARS 1-2
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

94 bars: 94 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-94.

OUTRO
1 grooveAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sour Times?

92 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 Sour Times 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 41 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

94 bars, about 4:05 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.

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