Winner Is · Devotchka

77 bars of 4/4 at a walking 105 BPM, 2:56 of playing, on snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieCountry / Folk90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
105 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
77
LENGTH
2:56
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 59% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 41-56 and 58-77 -- 59% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 105 BPM
WINNER IS · BAR 41
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

77 bars across 4 sections: 59 keep time and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 42-77.

COUNT-IN
PART B
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesCBS1AFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Winner Is?

105 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 Winner Is hard to play on drums?

55 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 59 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

77 bars, about 2:56 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 9 exercises over 3 sittings, about 21 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 77 BARS ANALYSED
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