Spitting Off the Edge of the World · Yeah Yeah Yeahs

116 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 4:13 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

PopAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
116
LENGTH
4:13
DIFFICULTY
33/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 41% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-20, 37-40 and 73-82, and 7 more places -- 40.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 110 BPM
SPITTING OFF THE EDGE OF THE WORLD · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 32, 68, 83, 84, 92, 96 and 5 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 68 · LANDS ON BAR 69
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 83-84 · LANDS ON BAR 85 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 92 · LANDS ON BAR 93

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

116 bars across 7 sections: 70 keep time, 11 are fills, 29 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-12.

CHORUS
PART E
PART D
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesABDES5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Spitting Off the Edge of the World?

110 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 Spitting Off the Edge of the World hard to play on drums?

33 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 10 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

116 bars, about 4:13 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 23 exercises over 5 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 Spitting Off the Edge of the World?

6 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 32, 68, 83, 84, 92, 96 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 116 BARS ANALYSED
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