Contact · Kyo

79 bars of 4/4 at a walking 90 BPM, 3:31 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
90 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
79
LENGTH
3:31
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 65% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 8-14, 20-26 and 28-34, and 5 more places -- 65.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 90 BPM
CONTACT · BAR 8
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 15, 35, 53 and 63.

LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 53 · LANDS ON BAR 54
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 63 · LANDS ON BAR 64
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

79 bars across 11 sections: 58 keep time, 4 are fills, 3 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 54-62.

PART B
CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
PART B
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesDBS10S1S8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Contact?

90 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 Contact hard to play on drums?

38 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 25 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

79 bars, about 3:31 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 3 sittings, about 26 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 Contact?

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 15, 35, 53 and 63.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 79 BARS ANALYSED
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