Thank U · Alanis Morissette

95 bars of 4/4 at a walking 92 BPM, 4:08 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndiePop90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
92 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
95
LENGTH
4:08
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 83% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-15, 22-60 and 70-89 -- 83.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 92 BPM
THANK U · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 93 and 94.

LOOP · 92 BPM
BARS 93-94 · LANDS ON BAR 95 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

95 bars across 8 sections: 76 keep time, 2 are fills, 1 is a stop and 11 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 23-60.

CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
BREAK
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesBS5CFS1+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Thank U?

92 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 Thank U hard to play on drums?

39 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 24 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

95 bars, about 4:08 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 14 exercises over 4 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Thank U?

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 93 and 94.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 95 BARS ANALYSED
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