30/05/26 · Nigel K

71 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 1:54 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
71
LENGTH
1:54
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 30, 32 and 34, and 5 more places -- 11.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
30/05/26 · BAR 30
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 8 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 5-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 10-13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 22-25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 31 · LANDS ON BAR 32 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

71 bars across 8 sections: 38 keep time, 14 are fills, 12 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 46-53.

PART B
CHORUS
PART J
CHORUS 2
PART Q
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesGJQYB+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 30/05/26?

150 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 30/05/26 hard to play on drums?

55 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how fine the subdivision is. The beat itself is 48 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

71 bars, about 1:54 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 28 exercises over 9 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 30/05/26?

4 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 8 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 71 BARS ANALYSED
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