CM · Eternal Spirit

16 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 0:30 of playing, on crash, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
16
LENGTH
0:30
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 38% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-7 and 9-11 -- 37.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 130 BPM
CM · BAR 5
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 2, 4, 14, 15 and 16.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 14-16 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

16 bars: 8 keep time, 5 are fills and 3 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-12.

OUTRO
1 grooveCFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is CM?

130 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 CM hard to play on drums?

42 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 36 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

16 bars, about 0:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 6 exercises over 2 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in CM?

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 2, 4, 14, 15 and 16.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 16 BARS ANALYSED
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