FM buisness · seotaiji

226 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 7:32 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
226
LENGTH
7:32
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 100, 102 and 104, and 16 more places -- 15.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
FM BUISNESS · BAR 100
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 43 times: bars 48, 49, 53, 57, 62, 65 and 37 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 48-49 · LANDS ON BAR 50 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 53 · LANDS ON BAR 54 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 57 · LANDS ON BAR 58 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 62 · LANDS ON BAR 63 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

226 bars across 27 sections: 111 keep time, 43 are fills, 21 are stops and 31 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 15-25.

COUNT-IN
PART D
PART U
PART AB
CHORUS 2
PART AE
OUTRO
19 groovesOABUMS1+14Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is FM buisness?

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 FM buisness hard to play on drums?

42 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 30 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

226 bars, about 7:32 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 68 exercises over 16 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 FM buisness?

15 fills to learn, played 43 times: bars 48, 49, 53, 57, 62, 65 and 37 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 226 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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