Tried and True · Ween

119 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:58 of playing, on ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndiePunk120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
119
LENGTH
3:58
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 58% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-23, 33-47 and 65-80, and 1 more place -- 58% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
TRIED AND TRUE · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

119 bars across 8 sections: 108 keep time and 1 is a fill. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-23.

CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART C
CHORUS 3
PART C
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesACFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Tried and True?

120 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 Tried and True hard to play on drums?

43 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 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

119 bars, about 3:58 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 10 exercises over 3 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

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