ADAPT // EVOLVE · Dying In Parallel

66 bars of 4/4 at a walking 91 BPM, 2:54 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
91 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
66
LENGTH
2:54
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 2-7, 32-35 and 63 -- 17.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 91 BPM
ADAPT // EVOLVE · BARS 2-3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 8, 28, 29, 30, 38, 44 and 12 more.

LOOP · 91 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 91 BPM
BARS 28-30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 91 BPM
BARS 44-46 · LANDS ON BAR 47 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 91 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

66 bars across 8 sections: 28 keep time, 18 are fills, 5 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-7.

CHORUS
PART S2
PART K
PART M
CHORUS 2
PART T
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesBTS2MAD+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is ADAPT // EVOLVE?

91 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 ADAPT // EVOLVE hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 56 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

66 bars, about 2:54 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, 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 ADAPT // EVOLVE?

7 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 8, 28, 29, 30, 38, 44 and 12 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 66 BARS ANALYSED
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