Them Changes · Thundercat

64 bars of 4/4 at a walking 83 BPM, 3:05 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Funk / SoulJazz / BluesUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
83 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
64
LENGTH
3:05
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 97% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-25 and 35-64 -- 96.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 83 BPM
THEM CHANGES · BAR 1
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

64 bars across 3 sections: 55 keep time and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 35-64.

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

Questions

What BPM is Them Changes?

83 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 Them Changes hard to play on drums?

38 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 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

64 bars, about 3:05 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 4 exercises over 2 sittings, about 18 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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