Hi im simon · Simon

87 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 2:54 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
87
LENGTH
2:54
DIFFICULTY
46/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 29, 33 and 37, and 6 more places -- 10.7% 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
HI IM SIMON · BAR 29
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 19, 25, 55, 69 and 75.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 55 · LANDS ON BAR 56
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 69 · LANDS ON BAR 70

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

87 bars across 14 sections: 38 keep time, 5 are fills, 30 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-7.

PART B
PART F
PART J
CHORUS
PART N
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
11 groovesLNJBF+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Hi im simon?

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 Hi im simon hard to play on drums?

46 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 37 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

87 bars, about 2:54 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 36 exercises over 10 sittings, about 26 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 Hi im simon?

5 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 19, 25, 55, 69 and 75.

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