tbalbiz · Khalil Ben Fredj

16 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 0:32 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
16
LENGTH
0:32
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 39% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 1-2, 11 and 13-14 -- 38.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
TBALBIZ · BARS 1-2
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 3, 5, 15 and 16.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 3 · LANDS ON BAR 4 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 15-16 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

16 bars across 3 sections: 6 keep time, 4 are fills, 2 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 11-14.

CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesAS2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is tbalbiz?

120 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 tbalbiz hard to play on drums?

49 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

16 bars, about 0:32 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 5 exercises over 2 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in tbalbiz?

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 3, 5, 15 and 16.

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