Gerudo Valley · FamilyJules, Artificial Fear

112 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:44 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
112
LENGTH
3:44
DIFFICULTY
60/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 16-18, 20 and 26-30, and 6 more places -- 22% 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
GERUDO VALLEY · BAR 16
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 15, 19, 23, 31, 39, 47 and 16 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 31 · LANDS ON BAR 32

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

112 bars across 14 sections: 52 keep time, 22 are fills, 5 are stops and 21 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 33-38.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART H
CHORUS 3
PART Q
PART Q
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesCQHS1S13+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Gerudo Valley?

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 Gerudo Valley hard to play on drums?

60 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 54 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

112 bars, about 3:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 36 exercises over 10 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Gerudo Valley?

10 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 15, 19, 23, 31, 39, 47 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 112 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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