a7x3 · easton

13 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 0:24 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
13
LENGTH
0:24
DIFFICULTY
94/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 3-5 -- 21.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
A7X3 · BAR 3
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 and 9.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 1-2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 6-9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

14 bars across 2 sections: 7 keep time and 6 are fills. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 11-14.

OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesBGFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is a7x3?

120 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 a7x3 hard to play on drums?

94 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 90 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

13 bars, about 0:24 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 8 exercises over 3 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 a7x3?

2 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 and 9.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 13 BARS ANALYSED
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