Close To The Edge · Yes

553 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 19:20 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockProgressive120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
553
LENGTH
19:20
DIFFICULTY
47/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 6% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 158-170, 172-177 and 227-228, and 2 more places -- 6.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
CLOSE TO THE EDGE · BAR 160
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

27 fills to learn, played 105 times: bars 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 99 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 18-41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 24 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 43 · LANDS ON BAR 44
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 45 · LANDS ON BAR 46
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50

23 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

553 bars across 35 sections: 200 keep time, 105 are fills, 34 are stops and 186 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 159-177.

CHORUS
PART BQ
BREAK 4
BREAK 5
30 groovesS25S35ZBQBM+25Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Close To The Edge?

120 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 Close To The Edge hard to play on drums?

47 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 20 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

553 bars, about 19:20 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 125 exercises over 37 sittings, about 26 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 Close To The Edge?

27 fills to learn, played 105 times: bars 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 99 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 553 BARS ANALYSED
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