Strangers · Ethel Cain

81 bars of 4/4 at a walking 102 BPM, 3:11 of playing, on crash, ride, snare, mid tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
102 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
81
LENGTH
3:11
DIFFICULTY
24/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 58-59, 61-63 and 65-67, and 3 more places -- 23.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 102 BPM
STRANGERS · BAR 58
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 60, 64, 68, 72 and 80.

LOOP · 102 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61
LOOP · 102 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 102 BPM
BAR 68 · LANDS ON BAR 69
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

81 bars across 6 sections: 60 keep time, 5 are fills, 1 is a stop and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 14-34.

PART B
PART A
PART S4
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesFAEBS4+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Strangers?

102 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 Strangers hard to play on drums?

24 out of 100: straightforward, and the one thing to watch is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 25 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

81 bars, about 3:11 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 16 exercises over 4 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, snare, mid tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Strangers?

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 60, 64, 68, 72 and 80.

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