Commissioning A Symphony In C · Cake

89 bars of 4/4 at 127 BPM, about 2:48 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndiePop120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
127 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
89
LENGTH
2:48
DIFFICULTY
59/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 58% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 3-17, 25-39 and 51-57, and 2 more places -- 57.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 127 BPM
COMMISSIONING A SYMPHONY IN C · BAR 3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 22, 40, 46, 48, 74, 80 and 2 more.

LOOP · 127 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 127 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

89 bars across 7 sections: 73 keep time, 8 are fills, 3 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 50-73.

CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART C
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesBCS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Commissioning A Symphony In C?

127 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 Commissioning A Symphony In C hard to play on drums?

59 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 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

89 bars, about 2:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 4 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Commissioning A Symphony In C?

2 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 22, 40, 46, 48, 74, 80 and 2 more.

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