Freefall · Camel

221 bars of 4/4 at 136 BPM, about 5:29 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

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TEMPO
136 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
221
LENGTH
5:29
DIFFICULTY
67/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 42-47, 54-59 and 184-189, and 1 more place -- 11.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 136 BPM
FREEFALL · BAR 42
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

22 fills to learn, played 66 times: bars 6, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 60 more.

LOOP · 136 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
LOOP · 136 BPM
BARS 18-22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 136 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 136 BPM
BARS 34-38 · LANDS ON BAR 39 · PLAYED 5 TIMES

18 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

221 bars across 23 sections: 116 keep time, 66 are fills, 4 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 7-15.

PART X
PART AB
PART AQ
PART G
OUTRO
12 groovesABDRGX+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Freefall?

136 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 Freefall hard to play on drums?

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

221 bars, about 5:29 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 81 exercises over 28 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 Freefall?

22 fills to learn, played 66 times: bars 6, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 60 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 221 BARS ANALYSED
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