Downswing · Superheaven

103 bars of 4/4 at 112 BPM, about 3:40 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
112 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
103
LENGTH
3:40
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 74% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 3-9, 11-17 and 19-21, and 21 more places -- 73.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 112 BPM
DOWNSWING · BAR 3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 18, 34, 50, 58, 86 and 102.

LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35
LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 102 · LANDS ON BAR 103
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

103 bars across 5 sections: 88 keep time, 6 are fills and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 3-17.

CHORUS
OUTRO 2
4 groovesCDS3S1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Downswing?

112 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 Downswing hard to play on drums?

40 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 25 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

103 bars, about 3:40 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 10 exercises over 3 sittings, about 23 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 Downswing?

3 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 18, 34, 50, 58, 86 and 102.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 103 BARS ANALYSED
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