Supermassive Black Hole (Album) · Muse

104 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:28 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieProgressive120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
104
LENGTH
3:28
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 84% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-3, 5-7 and 9-11, and 14 more places -- 83.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 120 BPM
SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE (ALBUM) · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

104 bars: 104 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-104.

OUTRO
1 grooveAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Supermassive Black Hole (Album)?

120 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 Supermassive Black Hole (Album) 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 33 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

104 bars, about 3:28 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 6 exercises over 3 sittings, about 21 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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