4 · 3xT

99 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 2:50 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
99
LENGTH
2:50
DIFFICULTY
56/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2, 4 and 6, and 12 more places -- 16% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
4 · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 8, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21 and 21 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 13-14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 17-18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 21-22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

99 bars across 10 sections: 49 keep time, 27 are fills, 5 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-5.

PART B
PART A
PART E
CHORUS
PART A
PART L
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesOESAB+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 4?

140 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 4 hard to play on drums?

56 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 32 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

99 bars, about 2:50 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 28 exercises over 8 sittings, about 25 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 4?

9 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 8, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21 and 21 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 99 BARS ANALYSED
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