unhappy · s0rrow

48 bars of 4/4 at 118 BPM, about 1:38 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
118 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
48
LENGTH
1:38
DIFFICULTY
60/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 83% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-8 and 17-48 -- 83.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 118 BPM
UNHAPPY · BAR 1
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

48 bars across 3 sections: 45 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 18-48.

CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesABFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is unhappy?

118 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 unhappy hard to play on drums?

60 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 51 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

48 bars, about 1:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 8 exercises over 3 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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