Spank Thru (for tribute) · Nirvana

97 bars of 4/4 at 116 BPM, about 3:21 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndiePunk90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
116 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
97
LENGTH
3:21
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 55% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 31-33, 35-41 and 43-45, and 9 more places -- 54.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 116 BPM
SPANK THRU (FOR TRIBUTE) · BAR 31
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 4, 8, 94, 95 and 97.

LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 116 BPM
BARS 94-95 · LANDS ON BAR 96 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 97
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

97 bars across 5 sections: 77 keep time, 5 are fills, 10 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 30-93.

PART D
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesJDFS1S2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Spank Thru (for tribute)?

116 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 Spank Thru (for tribute) 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 16 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

97 bars, about 3:21 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 22 exercises over 7 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Spank Thru (for tribute)?

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 4, 8, 94, 95 and 97.

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