Suppose · Secondhand Serenade

140 bars of 4/4 at 153 BPM, about 3:40 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock150 BPM and up
TEMPO
153 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
140
LENGTH
3:40
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-10, 13-14 and 25-27, and 8 more places -- 17.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 153 BPM
SUPPOSE · BAR 25
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 11, 15, 16, 30, 43, 48 and 11 more.

LOOP · 153 BPM
BAR 11 · LANDS ON BAR 12 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 153 BPM
BARS 15-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 153 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 153 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

140 bars across 14 sections: 61 keep time, 17 are fills, 38 are stops and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 103-118.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
PART O
PART B
CHORUS 2
PART U
CHORUS 3
PART AB
OUTRO
9 groovesHBABOU+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Suppose?

153 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 Suppose hard to play on drums?

39 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how often it moves around the kit the part that decides it. The beat itself is 25 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

140 bars, about 3:40 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 46 exercises over 11 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Suppose?

10 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 11, 15, 16, 30, 43, 48 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 140 BARS ANALYSED
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