There's No Other Way · Blur

92 bars of 4/4 at 112 BPM, about 3:17 of playing, on crash, snare, high tom, mid tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
112 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
92
LENGTH
3:17
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 92% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 3-27, 30-48 and 51-81, and 1 more place -- 92.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 112 BPM
THERE'S NO OTHER WAY · BAR 3
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 3 times: bars 29, 50 and 83.

LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

92 bars across 2 sections: 83 keep time, 3 are fills, 4 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 51-81.

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

Questions

What BPM is There's No Other Way?

112 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 There's No Other Way hard to play on drums?

39 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 30 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

92 bars, about 3:17 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 4 exercises over 2 sittings, about 17 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, snare, high tom, mid tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in There's No Other Way?

1 fill to learn, played 3 times: bars 29, 50 and 83.

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