Colours · Grouplove

93 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:06 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
93
LENGTH
3:06
DIFFICULTY
58/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 22-24, 38-40 and 50-52, and 2 more places -- 16% 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
COLOURS · BAR 22
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 13, 45, 49, 57, 73 and 85.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 45 · LANDS ON BAR 46
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 57 · LANDS ON BAR 58

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

93 bars across 13 sections: 58 keep time, 6 are fills, 4 are stops and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 62-72.

PART C
PART I
CHORUS
PART S5
CHORUS 2
PART R
CHORUS 3
PART AA
OUTRO
11 groovesLAAAFCI+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Colours?

120 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 Colours hard to play on drums?

58 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

93 bars, about 3:06 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 36 exercises over 12 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor 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 Colours?

6 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 13, 45, 49, 57, 73 and 85.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 93 BARS ANALYSED
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