The Spy In The Cab · Bauhaus

120 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:00 of playing, on crash, snare and kick.

Rock120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
120
LENGTH
4:00
DIFFICULTY
31/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 98% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-120 -- 98.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 120 BPM
THE SPY IN THE CAB · BAR 9
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

120 bars across 4 sections: 113 keep time, 1 is a stop and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-120.

OUTRO
4 groovesBS1S3AFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Spy In The Cab?

120 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 Spy In The Cab hard to play on drums?

31 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 22 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

120 bars, about 4:00 at the written tempo. The course takes it in a single sitting of 3 exercises.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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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