Elevator Operator · Electric Callboy

112 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 3:05 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
112
LENGTH
3:05
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13, 26 and 30, and 5 more places -- 12.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 145 BPM
ELEVATOR OPERATOR · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 28, 60, 88, 90, 104, 109 and 3 more.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 88 · LANDS ON BAR 89
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 90 · LANDS ON BAR 91
LOOP · 145 BPM
BARS 109-112 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

112 bars across 15 sections: 24 keep time, 10 are fills, 27 are stops and 50 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 74-78.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
BREAK
CHORUS 2
BREAK 2
CHORUS 3
BREAK 3
CHORUS 4
BREAK 4
PART G
PART K
BREAK 7
OUTRO
11 groovesDGS9S1S14+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Elevator Operator?

145 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 Elevator Operator hard to play on drums?

43 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 32 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

112 bars, about 3:05 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 21 exercises over 6 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Elevator Operator?

4 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 28, 60, 88, 90, 104, 109 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 112 BARS ANALYSED
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