Ceasefire fkac · For King And Country

105 bars of 4/4 at 114 BPM, about 3:41 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
114 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
105
LENGTH
3:41
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 14, 16 and 18, and 7 more places -- 15.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 114 BPM
CEASEFIRE FKAC · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 17, 47, 51, 79 and 83.

LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 47 · LANDS ON BAR 48
LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 79 · LANDS ON BAR 80
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

105 bars across 13 sections: 72 keep time, 5 are fills, 2 are stops and 13 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 84-95.

PART B
CHORUS
PART F
PART J
PART A
PART N
PART O
PART Q
BREAK
11 groovesCQFAJ+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Ceasefire fkac?

114 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 Ceasefire fkac hard to play on drums?

44 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 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

105 bars, about 3:41 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 10 sittings, about 27 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 Ceasefire fkac?

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 17, 47, 51, 79 and 83.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 105 BARS ANALYSED
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