Black swan · Wisp

135 bars of 4/4 at 144 BPM, about 3:45 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
144 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
135
LENGTH
3:45
DIFFICULTY
29/100
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

135 bars across 11 sections: 16 keep time, 96 are stops and 23 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 74-84.

CHORUS
PART A
BREAK 2
PART S9
OUTRO
10 groovesS2AS11S6S9+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Black swan?

144 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 Black swan hard to play on drums?

29 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it.

How long is the drum part?

135 bars, about 3:45 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 8 exercises over 2 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

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