The Real Slim Shady · Eminem

124 bars of 4/4 at a walking 105 BPM, 4:43 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Hip Hop / ReggaePop90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
105 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
124
LENGTH
4:43
DIFFICULTY
32/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 92% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 8-24, 26-60 and 62-102, and 1 more place -- 91.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 105 BPM
THE REAL SLIM SHADY · BARS 8-9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

124 bars across 2 sections: 123 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-124.

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

Questions

What BPM is The Real Slim Shady?

105 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 Real Slim Shady hard to play on drums?

32 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 21 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

124 bars, about 4:43 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?

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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