Whirling-in-rags 8am · British Sea Power

119 bars of 4/4 at 113 BPM, about 4:13 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
113 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
119
LENGTH
4:13
DIFFICULTY
28/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 92% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-2, 11-73 and 75, and 1 more place -- 91.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 113 BPM
WHIRLING-IN-RAGS 8AM · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

119 bars across 2 sections: 117 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 12-119.

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

Questions

What BPM is Whirling-in-rags 8am?

113 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 Whirling-in-rags 8am hard to play on drums?

28 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 13 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

119 bars, about 4:13 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 7 exercises over 2 sittings, about 27 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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