Bless God · Brooke Ligertwood

305 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 8:24 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
305
LENGTH
8:24
DIFFICULTY
32/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 136-151 and 253-270 -- 15% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BLESS GOD · BARS 136-137
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 25, 43, 63, 111, 113, 127 and 3 more.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 63 · LANDS ON BAR 64
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 113 · LANDS ON BAR 114 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BARS 134-135 · LANDS ON BAR 136 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

305 bars across 26 sections: 159 keep time, 9 are fills, 39 are stops and 78 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 193-216.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART F
PART N
PART S8
PART X
PART S13
PART AA
PART AD
PART X
CHORUS 3
22 groovesBXAAS13S1+17Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Bless God?

145 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 Bless God hard to play on drums?

32 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 32 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

305 bars, about 8:24 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 61 exercises over 16 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Bless God?

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 25, 43, 63, 111, 113, 127 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 305 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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