Underdog · Kasabian

106 bars of 4/4 at a walking 102 BPM, 4:09 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
102 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
106
LENGTH
4:09
DIFFICULTY
59/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 38% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 11-13, 15-17 and 19-21, and 10 more places -- 37.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 102 BPM
UNDERDOG · BAR 11
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 84.

LOOP · 102 BPM
BAR 84 · LANDS ON BAR 85
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

106 bars across 13 sections: 79 keep time, 1 is a fill and 18 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 86-106.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART D
OUTRO 2
8 groovesBDS1GH+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Underdog?

102 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 Underdog hard to play on drums?

59 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 42 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

106 bars, about 4:09 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 17 exercises over 5 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Underdog?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 84.

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