Cassandra (EADG) · Pommelien Thijs

75 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 2:24 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
75
LENGTH
2:24
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 34, 43-50 and 71-75 -- 24.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 125 BPM
CASSANDRA (EADG) · BARS 43-44
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 26, 31, 32, 42 and 67.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 31-32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 67 · LANDS ON BAR 68
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

75 bars across 12 sections: 43 keep time, 5 are fills, 7 are stops and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 43-51.

COUNT-IN
PART A
CHORUS
PART G
PART J
BREAK 4
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesEJAGS10+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Cassandra (EADG)?

125 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 Cassandra (EADG) hard to play on drums?

49 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 40 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

75 bars, about 2:24 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 21 exercises over 6 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Cassandra (EADG)?

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 26, 31, 32, 42 and 67.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 75 BARS ANALYSED
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