The Less I Know The Better (dg version) · Tame Impala

102 bars of 4/4 at 115 BPM, about 3:33 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
115 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
102
LENGTH
3:33
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 90% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-4, 6-32 and 34-48, and 5 more places -- 90.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 115 BPM
THE LESS I KNOW THE BETTER (DG VERSION) · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

102 bars across 2 sections: 100 keep time, 1 is a fill and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-101.

OUTRO
2 groovesBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Less I Know The Better (dg version)?

115 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 The Less I Know The Better (dg version) hard to play on drums?

41 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 28 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

102 bars, about 3:33 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 5 exercises over 2 sittings, about 26 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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