You Spin Me Right Round · Dope

87 bars of 4/4 at 129 BPM, about 2:42 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalElectronic120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
129 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
87
LENGTH
2:42
DIFFICULTY
51/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 46% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 3-9, 35-42 and 56-62, and 3 more places -- 46% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 129 BPM
YOU SPIN ME RIGHT ROUND · BAR 3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 10, 22, 34, 55, 63, 71 and 2 more.

LOOP · 129 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 129 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 129 BPM
BAR 63 · LANDS ON BAR 64 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

87 bars across 11 sections: 47 keep time, 8 are fills and 22 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 12-18.

CHORUS
PART E
PART E
PART F
CHORUS 2
PART E
CHORUS 3
OUTRO 2
3 groovesCEFFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is You Spin Me Right Round?

129 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 You Spin Me Right Round hard to play on drums?

51 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 42 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

87 bars, about 2:42 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 16 exercises over 4 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 You Spin Me Right Round?

3 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 10, 22, 34, 55, 63, 71 and 2 more.

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