There Is · Box Car Racer

81 bars of 4/4 at a walking 107 BPM, 3:02 of playing, on crash, snare and kick.

PunkAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
107 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
81
LENGTH
3:02
DIFFICULTY
54/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 96% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-11, 13-64 and 69-80 -- 96.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 107 BPM
THERE IS · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 12.

LOOP · 107 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

81 bars across 3 sections: 74 keep time, 1 is a fill, 2 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 13-64.

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

Questions

What BPM is There Is?

107 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 There Is hard to play on drums?

54 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

81 bars, about 3:02 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 5 exercises over 2 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

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.

How many fills are in There Is?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 12.

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