Epstein Island · Disliker

105 bars of 4/4 at 137 BPM, about 3:07 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
137 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
105
LENGTH
3:07
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7, 9 and 11, and 17 more places -- 19.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 137 BPM
EPSTEIN ISLAND · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 30, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 and 1 more.

LOOP · 137 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31
LOOP · 137 BPM
BAR 66 · LANDS ON BAR 67

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

105 bars across 9 sections: 81 keep time, 7 are fills, 5 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 6-27.

CHORUS
PART H
PART J
PART Q
PART T
PART V
PART AE
OUTRO
8 groovesCAEHVQ+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Epstein Island?

137 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 Epstein Island hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 52 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

105 bars, about 3:07 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 35 exercises over 12 sittings, about 25 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 Epstein Island?

3 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 30, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 105 BARS ANALYSED
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