A Dozen Roses. · Braid

111 bars of 4/4 at a walking 108 BPM, 4:06 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
108 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
111
LENGTH
4:06
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25-26, 29-30 and 33-34, and 7 more places -- 18% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 108 BPM
A DOZEN ROSES. · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 39, 55, 63, 70, 71, 87 and 1 more.

LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 39 · LANDS ON BAR 40 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 55 · LANDS ON BAR 56
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 63 · LANDS ON BAR 64
LOOP · 108 BPM
BARS 70-71 · LANDS ON BAR 72 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

111 bars across 9 sections: 88 keep time, 8 are fills and 3 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 88-109.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesGLSBJFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is A Dozen Roses.?

108 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 A Dozen Roses. hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 52 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

111 bars, about 4:06 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 31 exercises over 12 sittings, about 24 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 A Dozen Roses.?

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 39, 55, 63, 70, 71, 87 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 111 BARS ANALYSED
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