Tongue Tied · Grouplove

94 bars of 4/4 at 113 BPM, about 3:20 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieElectronic90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
113 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
94
LENGTH
3:20
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 48% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 11-13, 17 and 23-26, and 9 more places -- 47.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 113 BPM
TONGUE TIED · BAR 68
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 14, 18, 28, 46, 56, 77 and 1 more.

LOOP · 113 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 113 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19
LOOP · 113 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47
LOOP · 113 BPM
BAR 77 · LANDS ON BAR 78

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

94 bars across 6 sections: 66 keep time, 7 are fills, 5 are stops and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 29-44.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART I
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesCIS1FS4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Tongue Tied?

113 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 Tongue Tied hard to play on drums?

38 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 9 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

94 bars, about 3:20 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 16 exercises over 5 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Tongue Tied?

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 14, 18, 28, 46, 56, 77 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 94 BARS ANALYSED
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