Beaten in · RED

35 bars of 5/4 -- not four -- at 110 BPM, 1:29 of playing on crash, ride, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
5/4
BARS
35
LENGTH
1:29
DIFFICULTY
50/100
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 1 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 9-13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 5 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

43 bars across 6 sections: 24 keep time, 7 are fills and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 26-37.

PART A
CHORUS
BREAK 2
OUTRO
BREAK 3
6 groovesS3S5S6S4A+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Beaten in?

110 BPM, in 5/4, 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 Beaten in hard to play on drums?

50 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how much of it falls off the beat.

How long is the drum part?

35 bars, about 1:29 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 8 exercises over 2 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Beaten in?

2 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 1 more.

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