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

EXERCISE 23 OF 66
Groove M -- Part M
118 / 189 BARS COVERED
0 / 66 PASSED · 5 BARS LIT · IN THE PART M, PART N
PART C
PART E
PART F
PART M
PART N
CHORUS
PART U
PART Y
OUTRO 2
14 groovesRNFAEC+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest
GROOVE · 15
FILL · 8
LAND · 8
RUN · 2
JOIN · 12
LINK · 8
SECTION · 12
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

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

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.

59 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet.

TEMPO
85 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
189
LENGTH
8:54
DIFFICULTY
59/100

silence through bars 1-4, toms through bars 5-20, ride through bars 21-60, hi-hat through bars 61-124, snare through bars 125-132 and hi-hat through bars 133-144, and 3 more changes after that.

The beat

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.

    94
    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
HH |x-o-x-x-x-x-x-o-|
SD |----x----x--x---|
BD |x-x-------xx----|
Broken Windows, Locks of Love Pt. III. / 3rd Part (Sleep) -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

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

What the course does

It cuts the song into 57 exercises -- the grooves, the fills, and the joins between sections, which is where players actually come off -- and puts them in the order a teacher would. Each one opens on a reduction you can already play and adds the notes back a rung at a time, with a tempo to reach and a gate to pass before the next.

  1. The grooves the song is built on -- R, N -- 2 exercises, about 22 minutes.
  2. The grooves the song is built on -- AE -- 3 exercises, about 29 minutes.
  3. Through Part C and Part E -- 6 exercises, about 30 minutes.
  4. Through Part E and Part F -- 4 exercises, about 29 minutes.
  5. Through Part F and Part A -- 4 exercises, about 26 minutes.
  6. Bars 51-65 -- 3 exercises, about 22 minutes.
  7. Through Part M and Part N -- 4 exercises, about 28 minutes. Open above.
  8. Through Part N and Part O -- 4 exercises, about 28 minutes.
  9. and 8 more sittings after that.
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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