Far Far away Full · Slade

101 bars of 4/4 at 112 BPM, about 3:36 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

Rock90 to 119 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
112 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
101
LENGTH
3:36
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-12, 34-36 and 74-76, and 2 more places -- 15.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 112 BPM
FAR FAR AWAY FULL · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 1, 37, 57, 69, 81 and 97.

LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38
LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 57 · LANDS ON BAR 58 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 69 · LANDS ON BAR 70
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

101 bars across 12 sections: 76 keep time, 6 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 23-32.

PART C
PART D
PART H
PART E
PART D
CHORUS
PART P
PART Q
PART T
OUTRO
9 groovesKTDNE+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Far Far away Full?

112 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 Far Far away Full hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 57 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

101 bars, about 3:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 43 exercises over 15 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid 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 Far Far away Full?

4 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 1, 37, 57, 69, 81 and 97.

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