Super Stupid · Audioslave

67 bars of 4/4 at a walking 90 BPM, 2:59 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

RockAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
90 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
67
LENGTH
2:59
DIFFICULTY
69/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 44% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-13, 26-33 and 43-44, and 3 more places -- 43.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 90 BPM
SUPER STUPID · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 21, 25, 35, 37, 45, 49 and 2 more.

LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 35 · LANDS ON BAR 36
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

67 bars across 5 sections: 43 keep time, 8 are fills, 12 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 50-64.

PART B
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesCFBS2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Super Stupid?

90 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 Super Stupid hard to play on drums?

69 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 63 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

67 bars, about 2:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 20 exercises over 8 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Super Stupid?

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 21, 25, 35, 37, 45, 49 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 67 BARS ANALYSED
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