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Hi im simon · Simon

Hi im simon · Simon
EXERCISE 16 OF 42
Run H1 · Part H (bars 16-19)
44 / 87 BARS COVERED
0 / 42 PASSED · 4 BARS LIT · IN THE PART H
PART B
PART F
PART H
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
GROOVE · 10
FILL · 5
LAND · 5
RUN · 3
JOIN · 10
SECTION · 8
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play Hi im simon on drums

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.

46 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet.

TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
87
LENGTH
2:54
DIFFICULTY
46/100

hi-hat through bars 1-8, toms through bars 9-19, hi-hat through bars 20-25, toms through bars 26-39, snare through bars 40-49 and toms through bars 50-67, and 3 more changes after that.

The beat

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.

    29
    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
CC |x-x-----x-x-----|
SD |-------x-------x|
T2 |----xx------xx--|
FT |------x-------x-|
BD |x-x-----x-x-----|
Hi im simon -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

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

What the course does

It cuts the song into 36 exercises -- the grooves, the fills, and the joins between sections, which is where players actually come off -- and puts them in the order a teacher would. Each one opens on a reduction you can already play and adds the notes back a rung at a time, with a tempo to reach and a gate to pass before the next.

  1. The grooves the song is built on -- M, N -- 2 exercises, about 21 minutes.
  2. The grooves the song is built on -- F -- 3 exercises, about 30 minutes.
  3. Bars 7-16 -- 4 exercises, about 27 minutes.
  4. Through Part H and Part J -- 6 exercises, about 31 minutes.
  5. Bars 16-38 -- 5 exercises, about 22 minutes. Open above.
  6. Through Part N -- 3 exercises, about 29 minutes.
  7. Bars 48-56 -- 6 exercises, about 30 minutes.
  8. Bars 55-69 -- 4 exercises, about 27 minutes.
  9. and 2 more sittings after that.
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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.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 87 BARS ANALYSED