We Are · Ana Johnson

136 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 3:45 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

PopRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
136
LENGTH
3:45
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 66% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 30-36, 38-44 and 64, and 9 more places -- 66% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 145 BPM
WE ARE · BAR 31
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 89, 103, 104 and 128.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 89 · LANDS ON BAR 90
LOOP · 145 BPM
BARS 103-104 · LANDS ON BAR 105 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 128 · LANDS ON BAR 129
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

136 bars across 7 sections: 86 keep time, 4 are fills, 10 are stops and 30 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 50-63.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesCBS1S6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is We Are?

145 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 We Are 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 19 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

136 bars, about 3:45 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 15 exercises over 4 sittings, about 25 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 We Are?

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 89, 103, 104 and 128.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 136 BARS ANALYSED
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