Distant and Longing Light · Moments In Grace

85 bars of 4/4 at a walking 77 BPM, 4:25 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Under 90 BPM
TEMPO
77 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
85
LENGTH
4:25
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 38% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7-8, 19-22 and 24-25, and 11 more places -- 38.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 77 BPM
DISTANT AND LONGING LIGHT · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 10, 18, 31, 35, 39, 43 and 2 more.

LOOP · 77 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 77 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 77 BPM
BAR 31 · LANDS ON BAR 32
LOOP · 77 BPM
BAR 35 · LANDS ON BAR 36 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

85 bars across 8 sections: 59 keep time, 8 are fills, 4 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 70-83.

COUNT-IN
PART E
CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 2
PART M
OUTRO 2
6 groovesBECMS1+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Distant and Longing Light?

77 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 Distant and Longing Light hard to play on drums?

44 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 24 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

85 bars, about 4:25 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 24 exercises over 6 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor 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 Distant and Longing Light?

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 10, 18, 31, 35, 39, 43 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 85 BARS ANALYSED
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