Blues Loop Accompaniment In E · Blues Exercises

74 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 1:58 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

150 BPM and upShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
74
LENGTH
1:58
DIFFICULTY
85/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 65% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-7, 11 and 13-19, and 9 more places -- 64.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BLUES LOOP ACCOMPANIMENT IN E · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 48.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

74 bars: 71 keep time, 1 is a fill and 2 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-47.

OUTRO
1 grooveAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Blues Loop Accompaniment In E?

150 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 Blues Loop Accompaniment In E hard to play on drums?

85 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 68 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

74 bars, about 1:58 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 7 exercises over 5 sittings, about 20 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Blues Loop Accompaniment In E?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 48.

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