eyes [v4] · process: something

120 bars of 4/4 at a walking 104 BPM, 4:42 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
104 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
120
LENGTH
4:42
DIFFICULTY
81/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 23-25, 27-28 and 59-61, and 4 more places -- 16.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 104 BPM
EYES [V4] · BAR 23
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 8, 14, 16, 18, 20, 26 and 8 more.

LOOP · 104 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 104 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 104 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 104 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

120 bars across 20 sections: 67 keep time, 14 are fills, 10 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 76-83.

PART C
CHORUS
PART Y
PART L
CHORUS 2
PART AE
PART AH
CHORUS 4
OUTRO
13 groovesPLAEAHC+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is eyes [v4]?

104 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 eyes [v4] hard to play on drums?

81 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 42 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

120 bars, about 4:42 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 59 exercises over 18 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in eyes [v4]?

9 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 8, 14, 16, 18, 20, 26 and 8 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 120 BARS ANALYSED
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