Sussudio · Phil Collins

127 bars of 4/4 at 121 BPM, about 4:12 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

RockPop120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
121 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
127
LENGTH
4:12
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 96% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-5 and 11-127 -- 96.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 121 BPM
SUSSUDIO · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

127 bars across 3 sections: 125 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 12-127.

VERSE 2
2 groovesABFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sussudio?

121 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 Sussudio hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the speed of the hand keeping time. The beat itself is 59 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

127 bars, about 4:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 7 exercises over 3 sittings, about 22 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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