eieioht · cyugvg

30 bars of 4/4 at a walking 104 BPM, 1:36 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
104 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
30
LENGTH
1:36
DIFFICULTY
58/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-11 and 13 -- 18.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 104 BPM
EIEIOHT · BAR 9
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 more.

LOOP · 104 BPM
BARS 3-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 104 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 104 BPM
BARS 14-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 104 BPM
BARS 18-23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

30 bars across 4 sections: 3 keep time, 16 are fills, 2 are stops and 8 are silent.

COUNT-IN
PART S2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesGS4S2S1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is eieioht?

104 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 eieioht hard to play on drums?

58 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 73 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

30 bars, about 1:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 10 exercises over 4 sittings, about 23 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 eieioht?

4 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 30 BARS ANALYSED
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