Cloudy Now · Blackfield

13 bars, 0:57, at 55 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick and nothing else.

ProgressiveAlternative / IndieUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
55 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
13
LENGTH
0:57
DIFFICULTY
45/100
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 8 times: bars 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 2 more.

LOOP · 55 BPM
BARS 6-13 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

13 bars across 2 sections: 1 keeps time, 8 are fills and 4 are silent.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
2 groovesAS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Cloudy Now?

55 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Cloudy Now hard to play on drums?

45 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet.

How long is the drum part?

13 bars, about 0:57 at the written tempo. The course takes it in a single sitting of 2 exercises.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Cloudy Now?

1 fill to learn, played 8 times: bars 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 13 BARS ANALYSED
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