Start Choppin' · Dinosaur Jr.

158 bars of 4/4 at a walking 109 BPM, 5:48 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndiePunk90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
109 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
158
LENGTH
5:48
DIFFICULTY
69/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 28, 30 and 32, and 15 more places -- 19.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 109 BPM
START CHOPPIN' · BAR 144
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

20 fills to learn, played 39 times: bars 17, 19, 20, 21, 25, 34 and 33 more.

LOOP · 109 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 109 BPM
BARS 19-21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 109 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 109 BPM
BARS 34-37 · LANDS ON BAR 38 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

16 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

158 bars across 12 sections: 93 keep time, 39 are fills, 1 is a stop and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 78-93.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART G
CHORUS
PART R
PART V
PART AA
CHORUS 2
PART V
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesJVAABS1+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Start Choppin'?

109 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 Start Choppin' hard to play on drums?

69 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 38 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

158 bars, about 5:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 57 exercises over 17 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Start Choppin'?

20 fills to learn, played 39 times: bars 17, 19, 20, 21, 25, 34 and 33 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 158 BARS ANALYSED
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