Cintamu Mekar Di Hati · Melayu

153 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 4:13 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
153
LENGTH
4:13
DIFFICULTY
36/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 89% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-8, 10-15 and 18-32, and 9 more places -- 89.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 145 BPM
CINTAMU MEKAR DI HATI · BAR 4
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 9, 33, 51, 59, 71, 105 and 2 more.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 51 · LANDS ON BAR 52 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 59 · LANDS ON BAR 60 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

153 bars across 2 sections: 111 keep time, 8 are fills, 30 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 73-87.

OUTRO
2 groovesBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Cintamu Mekar Di Hati?

145 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 Cintamu Mekar Di Hati hard to play on drums?

36 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 15 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

153 bars, about 4:13 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 9 exercises over 3 sittings, about 20 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid 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 Cintamu Mekar Di Hati?

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 9, 33, 51, 59, 71, 105 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 153 BARS ANALYSED
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