Boston · Stella Lefty

84 bars of 4/4 at 126 BPM, about 2:39 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
126 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
84
LENGTH
2:39
DIFFICULTY
36/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 70% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 34-40 and 42-76 -- 70% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 126 BPM
BOSTON · BAR 34
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 41, 77, 81, 82 and 83.

LOOP · 126 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42
LOOP · 126 BPM
BAR 77 · LANDS ON BAR 78
LOOP · 126 BPM
BARS 81-83 · LANDS ON BAR 84 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

84 bars across 4 sections: 51 keep time, 5 are fills, 3 are stops and 24 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 42-76.

COUNT-IN
PART B
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesDS1BS4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Boston?

126 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 Boston hard to play on drums?

36 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 30 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

84 bars, about 2:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 8 exercises over 3 sittings, about 20 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Boston?

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 41, 77, 81, 82 and 83.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 84 BARS ANALYSED
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