「Convergent Rays」 · Unlucky Morpheus

128 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:18 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
128
LENGTH
4:18
DIFFICULTY
85/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7-9, 37-39 and 47-49, and 8 more places -- 21.1% 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
「CONVERGENT RAYS」 · BAR 37
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 10, 14, 31, 32, 40, 44 and 3 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 31-32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

128 bars across 18 sections: 89 keep time, 9 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 48-61.

PART K
PART P
CHORUS 3
PART P
CHORUS 4
PART AG
PART P
OUTRO 2
9 groovesFPUALH+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 「Convergent Rays」?

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 「Convergent Rays」 hard to play on drums?

85 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 71 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

128 bars, about 4:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 48 exercises over 16 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in 「Convergent Rays」?

7 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 10, 14, 31, 32, 40, 44 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 128 BARS ANALYSED
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