Edge of the Ocean v2 · Stick Figure

174 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 4:58 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
174
LENGTH
4:58
DIFFICULTY
37/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 77% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-15, 17-23 and 25-31, and 26 more places -- 77.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 140 BPM
EDGE OF THE OCEAN V2 · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 8, 112 and 134.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 112 · LANDS ON BAR 113
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 134 · LANDS ON BAR 135
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

174 bars across 5 sections: 146 keep time, 3 are fills, 13 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 114-133.

CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesCIS1S2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Edge of the Ocean v2?

140 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 Edge of the Ocean v2 hard to play on drums?

37 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 15 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

174 bars, about 4:58 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 17 exercises over 5 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Edge of the Ocean v2?

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 8, 112 and 134.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 174 BARS ANALYSED
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