Glory Box · Portishead

74 bars, 4:56, at 60 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Hi-hat, snare and kick and nothing else.

Jazz / BluesElectronicUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
60 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
74
LENGTH
4:56
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 93% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-63 and 69-74 -- 93.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 60 BPM
GLORY BOX · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

74 bars across 3 sections: 71 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-63.

CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesACFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Glory Box?

60 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Glory Box hard to play on drums?

38 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 24 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

74 bars, about 4:56 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 7 exercises over 2 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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