11/8 test · Misc covers

86 bars at 175 BPM -- fast, and 2:13 of it without a break -- on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

150 BPM and upShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
175 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
86
LENGTH
2:13
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 25% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 35-37, 39-41 and 43-45, and 4 more places -- 24.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 175 BPM
11/8 TEST · BAR 35
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 33, 34, 50, 58, 66, 67 and 1 more.

LOOP · 175 BPM
BARS 33-34 · LANDS ON BAR 35 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 175 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 175 BPM
BARS 66-68 · LANDS ON BAR 69 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

86 bars across 6 sections: 66 keep time, 7 are fills and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-16.

PART B
PART C
CHORUS
PART I
OUTRO
BREAK
5 groovesFCIBS6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 11/8 test?

175 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. At that speed the thirty-second notes are the whole difficulty, so the room will take it down to a quarter of it and climb back.

Is 11/8 test hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 68 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

86 bars, about 2:13 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 22 exercises over 7 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in 11/8 test?

3 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 33, 34, 50, 58, 66, 67 and 1 more.

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