ep · Lethargica

443 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 15:47 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
443
LENGTH
15:47
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 7% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 50, 52 and 54, and 5 more places -- 6.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 110 BPM
EP · BAR 50
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

31 fills to learn, played 60 times: bars 4, 8, 10, 14, 16, 20 and 54 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 20-31 · LANDS ON BAR 32 · PLAYED 12 TIMES

27 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

452 bars across 35 sections: 141 keep time, 60 are fills, 22 are stops and 207 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 34-40.

PART D
BREAK 8
29 groovesS30ABDCEBJ+24Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is ep?

110 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 ep hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 49 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

443 bars, about 15:47 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 119 exercises over 44 sittings, about 26 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 ep?

31 fills to learn, played 60 times: bars 4, 8, 10, 14, 16, 20 and 54 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 443 BARS ANALYSED
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