This Is A Low · Blur

98 bars of 4/4 at a walking 84 BPM, 4:39 of playing, on crash, ride, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRockUnder 90 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
84 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
98
LENGTH
4:39
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 93% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 4-30, 32-58 and 60-75, and 2 more places -- 92.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 84 BPM
THIS IS A LOW · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 3, 31, 59 and 91.

LOOP · 84 BPM
BAR 3 · LANDS ON BAR 4 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 84 BPM
BAR 31 · LANDS ON BAR 32 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

98 bars across 4 sections: 86 keep time, 4 are fills, 2 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 4-30.

CHORUS
OUTRO 2
3 groovesCS3S1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is This Is A Low?

84 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 This Is A Low 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 23 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

98 bars, about 4:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 6 exercises over 2 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 This Is A Low?

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 3, 31, 59 and 91.

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