tiptoeing · Senses

72 bars of 4/4 at 116 BPM, about 2:29 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
116 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
72
LENGTH
2:29
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 49% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 14-16, 18-19 and 21-27, and 7 more places -- 49.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 116 BPM
TIPTOEING · BAR 15
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 32 and 64.

LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

72 bars across 9 sections: 46 keep time, 2 are fills, 3 are stops and 13 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 33-44.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
PART S6
PART G
OUTRO 2
6 groovesDBS1GS6+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is tiptoeing?

116 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 tiptoeing 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 28 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

72 bars, about 2:29 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 17 exercises over 5 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in tiptoeing?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 32 and 64.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 72 BARS ANALYSED
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