Too Dumb To Die · Green Day

126 bars, 7:12, at 70 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot and nothing else.

PunkAlternative / IndieUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
70 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
126
LENGTH
7:12
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 44% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 11-18, 20-22 and 24-26, and 11 more places -- 44% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 70 BPM
TOO DUMB TO DIE · BAR 11
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 42, 50, 82, 94, 102, 110 and 2 more.

LOOP · 70 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 70 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 70 BPM
BAR 94 · LANDS ON BAR 95
LOOP · 70 BPM
BAR 102 · LANDS ON BAR 103

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

126 bars across 11 sections: 95 keep time, 8 are fills and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 11-36.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART H
PART C
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesBCHS1I+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Too Dumb To Die?

70 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Too Dumb To Die hard to play on drums?

40 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 24 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

126 bars, about 7:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 29 exercises over 7 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high 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 Too Dumb To Die?

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 42, 50, 82, 94, 102, 110 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 126 BARS ANALYSED
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