dfghhyy · Rghjj

96 bars of 4/4 at a walking 103 BPM, 3:30 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
103 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
96
LENGTH
3:30
DIFFICULTY
93/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 28-29, 31 and 77-78, and 1 more place -- 8.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 103 BPM
DFGHHYY · BARS 77-78
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 13, 14 and 35.

LOOP · 103 BPM
BARS 13-14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 103 BPM
BAR 35 · LANDS ON BAR 36
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

103 bars across 10 sections: 67 keep time, 3 are fills, 5 are stops and 19 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 17-31.

PART A
PART C
CHORUS
PART U
PART W
BREAK
PART AA
PART P
BREAK 2
OUTRO
10 groovesJAAPS6U+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is dfghhyy?

103 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 dfghhyy hard to play on drums?

93 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 58 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

96 bars, about 3:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 17 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in dfghhyy?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 13, 14 and 35.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 96 BARS ANALYSED
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