Donation · Accept

151 bars of 4/4 at 127 BPM, about 4:44 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
127 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
151
LENGTH
4:44
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 40% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 23-28, 34-40 and 42-47, and 7 more places -- 40.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 127 BPM
DONATION · BAR 24
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 58, 68, 95, 132, 140, 141 and 9 more.

LOOP · 127 BPM
BAR 58 · LANDS ON BAR 59 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 127 BPM
BAR 68 · LANDS ON BAR 69
LOOP · 127 BPM
BAR 95 · LANDS ON BAR 96
LOOP · 127 BPM
BARS 140-149 · LANDS ON BAR 150 · PLAYED 10 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

151 bars across 6 sections: 124 keep time, 15 are fills and 3 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 24-57.

PART A
CHORUS
PART P
OUTRO 2
5 groovesCPAWYFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Donation?

127 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 Donation hard to play on drums?

55 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 36 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

151 bars, about 4:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 31 exercises over 12 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 Donation?

5 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 58, 68, 95, 132, 140, 141 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 151 BARS ANALYSED
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