Emmett · An Abstract Illusion

350 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 11:36 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
350
LENGTH
11:36
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 47-50, 56-61 and 64-70, and 7 more places -- 13.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
EMMETT · BAR 47
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

25 fills to learn, played 37 times: bars 44, 45, 55, 62, 71, 79 and 31 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 44-45 · LANDS ON BAR 46 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 55 · LANDS ON BAR 56
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 62 · LANDS ON BAR 63
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 71 · LANDS ON BAR 72

21 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

350 bars across 32 sections: 195 keep time, 37 are fills, 39 are stops and 48 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 140-154.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART AF
PART BZ
26 groovesMAFBZS1A+21Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Emmett?

120 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 Emmett hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 95 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

350 bars, about 11:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 113 exercises over 33 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Emmett?

25 fills to learn, played 37 times: bars 44, 45, 55, 62, 71, 79 and 31 more.

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