Thing (Full song) · TBP

354 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 10:35 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
354
LENGTH
10:35
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 299, 301 and 303, and 11 more places -- 10.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
THING (FULL SONG) · BAR 301
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 54 times: bars 2, 14, 18, 20, 22, 24 and 48 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 73-74 · LANDS ON BAR 75 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 137 · LANDS ON BAR 138

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

398 bars across 40 sections: 229 keep time, 55 are fills, 48 are stops and 28 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 95-113.

PART A
PART S
PART AI
OUTRO
32 groovesBWAIAIM+27Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Thing (Full song)?

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 Thing (Full song) hard to play on drums?

55 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 37 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

354 bars, about 10:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 123 exercises over 32 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Thing (Full song)?

17 fills to learn, played 54 times: bars 2, 14, 18, 20, 22, 24 and 48 more.

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