Emersyn 1 · Emerleb

87 bars of 4/4 at a walking 93 BPM, 4:49 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
93 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
87
LENGTH
4:49
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 3, 7 and 11-12, and 2 more places -- 16.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 93 BPM
EMERSYN 1 · BAR 3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 29 and 45.

LOOP · 93 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30
LOOP · 93 BPM
BAR 45 · LANDS ON BAR 46
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

97 bars across 7 sections: 57 keep time, 2 are fills, 1 is a stop and 35 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-20.

PART C
CHORUS
PART S4
OUTRO
BREAK 3
7 groovesS7GCS6S4+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Emersyn 1?

93 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 Emersyn 1 hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how fine the subdivision is. The beat itself is 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

87 bars, about 4:49 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 16 exercises over 5 sittings, about 24 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 Emersyn 1?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 29 and 45.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 87 BARS ANALYSED
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