Changes · Yes

198 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 5:54 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveRock120 to 149 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
198
LENGTH
5:54
DIFFICULTY
48/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 44-53, 123-128 and 130-132, and 5 more places -- 23.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 135 BPM
CHANGES · BAR 44
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 11, 12, 13, 14, 28, 33 and 10 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 85 · LANDS ON BAR 86

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

198 bars across 23 sections: 120 keep time, 17 are fills, 8 are stops and 36 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 168-184.

COUNT-IN
PART E
CHORUS
PART T
CHORUS 2
PART T
CHORUS 3
16 groovesKTEPH+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Changes?

135 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 Changes hard to play on drums?

48 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how often it moves around the kit. The beat itself is 40 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

198 bars, about 5:54 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 53 exercises over 12 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

10 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 11, 12, 13, 14, 28, 33 and 10 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 198 BARS ANALYSED
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