December · Collective Soul

118 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:56 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

PopAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
118
LENGTH
3:56
DIFFICULTY
35/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 64% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-20, 46-68 and 87-116 -- 64.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 120 BPM
DECEMBER · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 21, 45, 69 and 85.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 45 · LANDS ON BAR 46 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

118 bars across 9 sections: 95 keep time, 4 are fills, 4 are stops and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 88-117.

CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART S6
OUTRO 2
7 groovesBDS6HG+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is December?

120 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 December hard to play on drums?

35 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 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

118 bars, about 3:56 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 17 exercises over 5 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in December?

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 21, 45, 69 and 85.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 118 BARS ANALYSED
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