Time to pretend (band version) · MGMT

104 bars of 4/4 at a walking 101 BPM, 4:07 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndiePop90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
101 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
104
LENGTH
4:07
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 43% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-11, 13-19 and 21-24, and 10 more places -- 43% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 101 BPM
TIME TO PRETEND (BAND VERSION) · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 8, 59, 60 and 96.

LOOP · 101 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 101 BPM
BARS 59-60 · LANDS ON BAR 61 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 101 BPM
BAR 96 · LANDS ON BAR 97
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

104 bars across 17 sections: 72 keep time, 4 are fills, 1 is a stop and 11 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-24.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART I
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART E
OUTRO 2
9 groovesCEIGS1+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Time to pretend (band version)?

101 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 Time to pretend (band version) 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?

104 bars, about 4:07 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 22 exercises over 7 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Time to pretend (band version)?

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 8, 59, 60 and 96.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 104 BARS ANALYSED
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