2112 I Overture · Rush

123 bars of 4/4 at 134 BPM, about 3:36 of playing, on crash, ride, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockProgressive120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
134 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
123
LENGTH
3:36
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 6% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 31-33, 35-37 and 39 -- 6.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 134 BPM
2112 I OVERTURE · BAR 32
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 39 times: bars 17, 18, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 33 more.

LOOP · 134 BPM
BARS 26-30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 134 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35
LOOP · 134 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39

14 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

123 bars across 14 sections: 51 keep time, 39 are fills, 16 are stops and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-8.

PART B
PART A
PART S3
PART P
PART S11
PART B
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
12 groovesAYBAPAP+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 2112 I Overture?

134 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 2112 I Overture hard to play on drums?

49 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 28 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

123 bars, about 3:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 45 exercises over 13 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor 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 2112 I Overture?

17 fills to learn, played 39 times: bars 17, 18, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 33 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 123 BARS ANALYSED
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