Venus As A Boy · Björk

155 bars of 4/4 at 138 BPM, about 4:30 of playing, on hi-hat, snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

ElectronicAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPMShuffle / tripletFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
138 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
155
LENGTH
4:30
DIFFICULTY
32/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 26-30, 61-65 and 81-85 -- 9.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 138 BPM
VENUS AS A BOY · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

155 bars across 15 sections: 137 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 87-124.

CHORUS
PART A
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4
CHORUS 5
OUTRO 2
5 groovesBACFDFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Venus As A Boy?

138 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Venus As A Boy hard to play on drums?

32 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how much of it falls off the beat the part that decides it. The beat itself is 58 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

155 bars, about 4:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 20 exercises over 6 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 155 BARS ANALYSED
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