This Is Such A Pity · Weezer

111 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 3:17 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
111
LENGTH
3:17
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 93% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-35, 37-63 and 65-71, and 5 more places -- 92.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 135 BPM
THIS IS SUCH A PITY · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 64, 72, 80, 92 and 104.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 72 · LANDS ON BAR 73 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 104 · LANDS ON BAR 105
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

111 bars: 105 keep time, 5 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-63.

OUTRO
1 grooveAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is This Is Such A Pity?

135 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 Such A Pity hard to play on drums?

49 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 32 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

111 bars, about 3:17 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 6 exercises over 2 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in This Is Such A Pity?

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 64, 72, 80, 92 and 104.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 111 BARS ANALYSED
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