Firth Of Fifth · Genesis

167 bars of 4/4 at a walking 88 BPM, 7:05 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveRockUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
88 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
167
LENGTH
7:05
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 5% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 34-35, 154 and 156-158, and 1 more place -- 5.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 88 BPM
FIRTH OF FIFTH · BAR 157
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

27 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 8, 12, 16, 24, 33, 64 and 30 more.

LOOP · 88 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 88 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 88 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 88 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

23 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

167 bars across 18 sections: 80 keep time, 36 are fills, 20 are stops and 11 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 146-152.

PART N
PART AF
CHORUS
PART BC
PART BN
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
16 groovesAOXBNAFBC+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Firth Of Fifth?

88 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 Firth Of Fifth hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 37 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

167 bars, about 7:05 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 79 exercises over 27 sittings, about 25 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 Firth Of Fifth?

27 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 8, 12, 16, 24, 33, 64 and 30 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 167 BARS ANALYSED
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