Clint Eastwood test creation · Gorillaz

119 bars of 4/4 at a walking 85 BPM, 5:35 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

Under 90 BPM
TEMPO
85 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
119
LENGTH
5:35
DIFFICULTY
73/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 49% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 32-40, 42-48 and 58-66, and 2 more places -- 48.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 85 BPM
CLINT EASTWOOD TEST CREATION · BAR 33
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 15, 31, 41, 49, 67, 83 and 2 more.

LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

119 bars across 6 sections: 103 keep time, 8 are fills and 2 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 94-117.

PART B
CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesDBFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Clint Eastwood test creation?

85 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 Clint Eastwood test creation hard to play on drums?

73 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 71 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

119 bars, about 5:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 3 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Clint Eastwood test creation?

2 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 15, 31, 41, 49, 67, 83 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 119 BARS ANALYSED
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