embers · Dead Butterflies

118 bars of 4/4 at a walking 101 BPM, 4:40 of playing, on crash, snare and kick.

90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
101 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
118
LENGTH
4:40
DIFFICULTY
31/100
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

118 bars across 4 sections: 1 keeps time, 80 are stops and 37 are silent.

CHORUS
BREAK
OUTRO
4 groovesS2S3S4S1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is embers?

101 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 embers hard to play on drums?

31 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it.

How long is the drum part?

118 bars, about 4:40 at the written tempo. The course takes it in a single sitting of 3 exercises.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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