for whom the bell tolls (easy drums) · Moons of Mercury

143 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:56 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Electronic120 to 149 BPMShuffle / tripletBeginner
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
143
LENGTH
4:56
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 54% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 14-15, 17 and 19, and 32 more places -- 54.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (EASY DRUMS) · BAR 15
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 43, 55, 59, 63, 83, 87 and 2 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 43 · LANDS ON BAR 44
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 55 · LANDS ON BAR 56
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 59 · LANDS ON BAR 60 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

143 bars across 4 sections: 80 keep time, 8 are fills, 46 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 16-41.

PART B
OUTRO
4 groovesDBS1S4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is for whom the bell tolls (easy drums)?

120 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 for whom the bell tolls (easy drums) hard to play on drums?

55 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 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

143 bars, about 4:56 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 15 exercises over 6 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor 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 for whom the bell tolls (easy drums)?

3 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 43, 55, 59, 63, 83, 87 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 143 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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