C4 · Convergence

41 bars of 4/4 at a walking 95 BPM, 1:44 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
95 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
41
LENGTH
1:44
DIFFICULTY
80/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-3, 5-7 and 12, and 1 more place -- 20% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 95 BPM
C4 · BAR 1
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 17, 18, 37 and 39.

LOOP · 95 BPM
BARS 17-18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 39 · LANDS ON BAR 40
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

41 bars across 6 sections: 34 keep time, 4 are fills and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-16.

CHORUS
PART H
PART I
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesBIHLS4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is C4?

95 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 C4 hard to play on drums?

80 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 54 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

41 bars, about 1:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 18 exercises over 7 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 C4?

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 17, 18, 37 and 39.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 41 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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