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First Cut is the Deepest (One Way Dance) · holder

EXERCISE 13 OF 37
Groove E -- Part E
34 / 76 BARS COVERED
0 / 37 PASSED · 6 BARS LIT · IN THE PART E, PART F
PART A
PART C
PART D
PART E
PART F
PART K
PART L
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesOFDLK+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest
GROOVE · 11
FILL · 2
LAND · 2
RUN · 2
JOIN · 8
LINK · 4
SECTION · 7
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play First Cut is the Deepest (One Way Dance) on drums

76 bars at 197 BPM -- fast, and 1:33 of it without a break -- on crash, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

59 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet.

TEMPO
197 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
76
LENGTH
1:33
DIFFICULTY
59/100

toms through bars 1-4, snare through bars 5-10, kick and crashes through bars 11-12, toms through bars 13-14, kick and crashes through bars 15-17 and snare through bars 18-73, and 1 more change after that.

The beat

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-18 -- 13.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

    9
    1.......2.......3.......4.......
BD |x-------x-------x-------x-------|
First Cut is the Deepest (One Way Dance) -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 4 and 61.

What the course does

It cuts the song into 34 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 -- D, F -- 3 exercises, about 25 minutes.
  2. The grooves the song is built on -- K -- 1 exercise, about 15 minutes.
  3. Through Part A and Part C -- 4 exercises, about 26 minutes.
  4. Bars 3-18 -- 4 exercises, about 18 minutes.
  5. Bars 17-25 -- 4 exercises, about 29 minutes. Open above.
  6. Through Part F -- 3 exercises, about 24 minutes.
  7. Through Part F and Part K -- 3 exercises, about 26 minutes.
  8. Through Part K and Part L -- 3 exercises, about 24 minutes.
  9. and 4 more sittings after that.
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Questions

What BPM is First Cut is the Deepest (One Way Dance)?

197 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. At that speed the thirty-second notes are the whole difficulty, so the room will take it down to a quarter of it and climb back.

Is First Cut is the Deepest (One Way Dance) hard to play on drums?

59 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 0 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

76 bars, about 1:33 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 34 exercises over 12 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in First Cut is the Deepest (One Way Dance)?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 4 and 61.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 76 BARS ANALYSED