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DISCO FLIGHT (cover by Dokugaku) · Ling Tosite Sigure

EXERCISE 28 OF 87
Groove Q
91 / 148 BARS COVERED
0 / 87 PASSED · 2 BARS LIT · IN THE PART P, PART L
PART S2
CHORUS
PART P
PART L
PART T
CHORUS 2
PART T
CHORUS 4
PART T
CHORUS 5
14 groovesFTPLS2+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest
GROOVE · 11
FILL · 25
LAND · 25
RUN · 2
JOIN · 11
LINK · 4
SECTION · 8
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play DISCO FLIGHT (cover by Dokugaku) on drums

148 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 4:44 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet.

TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
148
LENGTH
4:44
DIFFICULTY
70/100

silence through bars 1-4, hi-hat through bars 5-9, silence through bars 10-12, hi-hat through bars 13-124, silence through bars 125-128 and hi-hat through bars 129-132, and 3 more changes after that.

The beat

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13, 15 and 18-19, and 15 more places -- 18% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

    15
    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
CC |x-----------x---|
HH |--o-o-o---o---o-|
SD |----x--x-x--x--x|
BD |x---x---x---x---|
HF |--------x---x---|
DISCO FLIGHT (cover by Dokugaku) -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

25 fills to learn, played 53 times: bars 14, 16, 17, 20, 24, 27 and 47 more.

What the course does

It cuts the song into 61 exercises -- the grooves, the fills, and the joins between sections, which is where players actually come off -- and puts them in the order a teacher would. Each one opens on a reduction you can already play and adds the notes back a rung at a time, with a tempo to reach and a gate to pass before the next.

  1. The grooves the song is built on -- F -- 5 exercises, about 30 minutes.
  2. The grooves the song is built on -- T -- 5 exercises, about 30 minutes.
  3. The grooves the song is built on -- L -- 4 exercises, about 29 minutes.
  4. Through the Chorus -- 4 exercises, about 29 minutes.
  5. Through the Chorus and Part P -- 4 exercises, about 28 minutes.
  6. Through the Chorus and Part P -- 5 exercises, about 34 minutes.
  7. Through Part P and Part L -- 5 exercises, about 29 minutes. Open above.
  8. Bars 33-45 -- 4 exercises, about 21 minutes.
  9. and 10 more sittings after that.
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Questions

What BPM is DISCO FLIGHT (cover by Dokugaku)?

125 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 DISCO FLIGHT (cover by Dokugaku) hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 56 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

148 bars, about 4:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 61 exercises over 18 sittings, about 28 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 DISCO FLIGHT (cover by Dokugaku)?

25 fills to learn, played 53 times: bars 14, 16, 17, 20, 24, 27 and 47 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 148 BARS ANALYSED