Broken Windows, Locks of Love Pt. III. / 3rd Part (Sleep) · Godspeed You! Black Emperor

189 bars of 4/4 at a walking 85 BPM, 8:54 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
85 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
189
LENGTH
8:54
DIFFICULTY
59/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 94-108, 110 and 112, and 6 more places -- 12.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 85 BPM
BROKEN WINDOWS, LOCKS OF LOVE PT. III. / 3RD PART (SLEEP) · BAR 94
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 20, 52, 132, 145, 146, 148 and 6 more.

LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21
LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53
LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 132 · LANDS ON BAR 133
LOOP · 85 BPM
BARS 145-146 · LANDS ON BAR 147 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

189 bars across 15 sections: 154 keep time, 13 are fills, 1 is a stop and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 94-122.

PART C
PART E
PART F
PART N
CHORUS
PART U
PART Y
OUTRO 2
14 groovesRNFAEC+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Broken Windows, Locks of Love Pt. III. / 3rd Part (Sleep)?

85 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 Broken Windows, Locks of Love Pt. III. / 3rd Part (Sleep) hard to play on drums?

59 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 36 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

189 bars, about 8:54 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 57 exercises over 16 sittings, about 26 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 Broken Windows, Locks of Love Pt. III. / 3rd Part (Sleep)?

8 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 20, 52, 132, 145, 146, 148 and 6 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 189 BARS ANALYSED
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