Take Control · Weezer

76 bars of 4/4 at a walking 102 BPM, 2:59 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
102 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
76
LENGTH
2:59
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 15-21, 33-39 and 61-62 -- 21.6% 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
TAKE CONTROL · BAR 15
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 4, 14, 22, 32, 40, 41 and 20 more.

LOOP · 102 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 102 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23
LOOP · 102 BPM
BARS 40-45 · LANDS ON BAR 46 · PLAYED 12 TIMES
LOOP · 102 BPM
BARS 55-60 · LANDS ON BAR 61 · PLAYED 6 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

76 bars across 9 sections: 35 keep time, 26 are fills, 4 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 7-13.

PART D
CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART E
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesGDEWS2+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Take Control?

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 Take Control hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 40 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

76 bars, about 2:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 29 exercises over 9 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Take Control?

7 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 4, 14, 22, 32, 40, 41 and 20 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 76 BARS ANALYSED
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