Drop A# core thingy · me

52 bars of 4/4 at 126 BPM, about 1:39 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
126 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
52
LENGTH
1:39
DIFFICULTY
68/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 21-23 and 25-27 -- 12.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 126 BPM
DROP A# CORE THINGY · BAR 22
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 4, 16, 28 and 36.

LOOP · 126 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 126 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 126 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 126 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

52 bars across 6 sections: 26 keep time, 4 are fills, 12 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 46-52.

CHORUS
PART M
PART P
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesEMPS5W+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Drop A# core thingy?

126 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 Drop A# core thingy hard to play on drums?

68 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?

52 bars, about 1:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 19 exercises over 6 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Drop A# core thingy?

4 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 4, 16, 28 and 36.

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