Amber · 311

70 bars of 4/4 at a walking 83 BPM, 3:22 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieRockUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
83 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
70
LENGTH
3:22
DIFFICULTY
74/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 42% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10-16, 18-20 and 26-28, and 4 more places -- 41.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 83 BPM
AMBER · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 24, 40, 54, 62 and 70.

LOOP · 83 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 83 BPM
BAR 70
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

70 bars across 7 sections: 51 keep time, 5 are fills and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 27-36.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
VERSE
PART F
VERSE 2
OUTRO
VERSE 3
4 groovesDCFS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Amber?

83 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 Amber hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 67 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

70 bars, about 3:22 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 18 exercises over 7 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Amber?

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 24, 40, 54, 62 and 70.

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