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eyes [v4] · process: something

EXERCISE 12 OF 69
Run C1 · Part C (bars 1-10)
58 / 120 BARS COVERED
0 / 69 PASSED · 10 BARS LIT · IN THE PART C
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
GROOVE · 13
FILL · 9
LAND · 9
RUN · 5
JOIN · 16
LINK · 5
SECTION · 11
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play eyes [v4] on drums

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.

81 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet.

TEMPO
104 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
120
LENGTH
4:42
DIFFICULTY
81/100

kick and crashes through bars 1-4, ride through bars 5-10, hi-hat through bars 11-16, snare through bars 17-18, hi-hat through bars 19-22 and toms through bars 23-32, and 12 more changes after that.

The beat

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.

    23
    1.......2.......3.......4.......
CC |x---------------x---------------|
SD |----------------x---------------|
T1 |------------x-------------------|
T2 |----x---------------------------|
BD |x-------x-------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
eyes [v4] -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

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

What the course does

It cuts the song into 59 exercises -- the grooves, the fills, and the joins between sections, which is where players actually come off -- and puts them in the order a teacher would. Each one opens on a reduction you can already play and adds the notes back a rung at a time, with a tempo to reach and a gate to pass before the next.

  1. The grooves the song is built on -- P -- 4 exercises, about 24 minutes.
  2. The grooves the song is built on -- AE -- 2 exercises, about 22 minutes.
  3. The grooves the song is built on -- L -- 1 exercise, about 23 minutes.
  4. Through Part C -- 4 exercises, about 29 minutes.
  5. Through Part C and Part F -- 3 exercises, about 29 minutes. Open above.
  6. Through Part F and Part I -- 4 exercises, about 30 minutes.
  7. Bars 13-21 -- 7 exercises, about 31 minutes.
  8. Through the Chorus and Part U -- 4 exercises, about 28 minutes.
  9. and 10 more sittings after that.
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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