Dirge · Death In Vegas

137 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 5:29 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieHip Hop / Reggae90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
137
LENGTH
5:29
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 49% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 69-71, 73-79 and 81-83, and 7 more places -- 48.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 100 BPM
DIRGE · BAR 77
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 64, 68 and 72.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 72 · LANDS ON BAR 73
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

137 bars across 9 sections: 109 keep time, 3 are fills, 1 is a stop and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 73-136.

COUNT-IN
PART B
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesHBS1DCFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Dirge?

100 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 Dirge hard to play on drums?

42 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 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

137 bars, about 5:29 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 18 exercises over 5 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 Dirge?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 64, 68 and 72.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 137 BARS ANALYSED
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