Two Step STUDIO · Dave Matthews Band

171 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 5:42 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
171
LENGTH
5:42
DIFFICULTY
57/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 14-18, 29-38 and 109-113 -- 12% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
TWO STEP STUDIO · BAR 15
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 34 times: bars 44, 53, 54, 74, 75, 76 and 28 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 53-54 · LANDS ON BAR 55 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 74-76 · LANDS ON BAR 77 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 80 · LANDS ON BAR 81 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

171 bars across 19 sections: 102 keep time, 34 are fills, 8 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 30-38.

PART S2
PART D
PART G
PART O
PART G
CHORUS 2
PART F
PART AB
OUTRO
14 groovesJGDABAI+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Two Step STUDIO?

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 Two Step STUDIO hard to play on drums?

57 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 52 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

171 bars, about 5:42 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 69 exercises over 20 sittings, about 27 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 Two Step STUDIO?

12 fills to learn, played 34 times: bars 44, 53, 54, 74, 75, 76 and 28 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 171 BARS ANALYSED
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