copy · Death

45 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 1:16 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
45
LENGTH
1:16
DIFFICULTY
80/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-19, 21-24 and 27, and 2 more places -- 22.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
COPY · BAR 18
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 2, 6 and 16.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

45 bars across 5 sections: 36 keep time, 3 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 18-27.

PART D
PART E
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesGEDJFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is copy?

140 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 copy hard to play on drums?

80 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 67 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

45 bars, about 1:16 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 18 exercises over 8 sittings, about 22 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 copy?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 2, 6 and 16.

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