2112 · Rush

568 bars of 4/4 at 131 BPM, about 16:55 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockProgressive120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
131 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
568
LENGTH
16:55
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 5% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 145-146, 148-150 and 152-153, and 5 more places -- 5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 131 BPM
2112 · BAR 149
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

46 fills to learn, played 97 times: bars 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 38 and 91 more.

LOOP · 131 BPM
BARS 27-30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 131 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 131 BPM
BARS 58-60 · LANDS ON BAR 61 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 131 BPM
BARS 62-67 · LANDS ON BAR 68 · PLAYED 6 TIMES

42 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

568 bars across 49 sections: 250 keep time, 97 are fills, 23 are stops and 151 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 369-387.

CHORUS
PART J
38 groovesS30CEJBKBP+33Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 2112?

131 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 2112 hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 78 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

568 bars, about 16:55 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 156 exercises over 49 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, 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?

46 fills to learn, played 97 times: bars 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 38 and 91 more.

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