Funny Person (WIP) · Dingus

75 bars of 4/4 at a walking 80 BPM, 3:45 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Under 90 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
80 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
75
LENGTH
3:45
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 26-28, 30-32 and 34-36, and 3 more places -- 24.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 80 BPM
FUNNY PERSON (WIP) · BARS 26-27
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 17 and 12 more.

LOOP · 80 BPM
BARS 1-5 · LANDS ON BAR 6 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

75 bars across 5 sections: 44 keep time, 18 are fills, 7 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 27-40.

PART H
PART G
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesLHTGFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Funny Person (WIP)?

80 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 Funny Person (WIP) hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 59 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

75 bars, about 3:45 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 24 exercises over 8 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Funny Person (WIP)?

7 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 17 and 12 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 75 BARS ANALYSED
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