Farewell, My Darling · Alternative Competition 2

122 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:04 of playing, on ride, snare and kick.

120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
122
LENGTH
4:04
DIFFICULTY
32/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 71% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-3, 7-9 and 13-15, and 26 more places -- 71.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 120 BPM
FAREWELL, MY DARLING · BAR 1
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

122 bars: 122 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-122.

OUTRO
1 grooveBFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Farewell, My Darling?

120 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Farewell, My Darling hard to play on drums?

32 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 16 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

122 bars, about 4:04 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 4 exercises over 2 sittings, about 19 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

ride, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 122 BARS ANALYSED
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