Who is it? · Michael Jackson

170 bars of 4/4 at a walking 104 BPM, 6:33 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

ElectronicPop90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
104 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
170
LENGTH
6:33
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 74% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 50-104 and 106-169 -- 73.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 104 BPM
WHO IS IT? · BAR 50
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

170 bars across 3 sections: 160 keep time and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 50-170.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesFCS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Who is it??

104 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 Who is it? hard to play on drums?

42 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 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

170 bars, about 6:33 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 8 exercises over 3 sittings, about 23 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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