dying light all · Orphan

105 bars of 4/4 at 132 BPM, about 3:11 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
132 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
105
LENGTH
3:11
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 23, 34 and 36, and 11 more places -- 15.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 132 BPM
DYING LIGHT ALL · BAR 34
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 7, 8, 16, 22, 24, 31 and 11 more.

LOOP · 132 BPM
BARS 7-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

105 bars across 11 sections: 48 keep time, 17 are fills, 26 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 25-30.

CHORUS
PART E
PART H
PART F
PART M
PART F
CHORUS 2
OUTRO 2
8 groovesBHFME+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is dying light all?

132 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 dying light all hard to play on drums?

38 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 14 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

105 bars, about 3:11 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 36 exercises over 8 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 dying light all?

9 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 7, 8, 16, 22, 24, 31 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 105 BARS ANALYSED
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