Hope · Ayreon

60 bars of 4/4 at a walking 92 BPM, 2:37 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
92 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
60
LENGTH
2:37
DIFFICULTY
35/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 44% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-7, 9-16 and 26-28, and 3 more places -- 43.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 92 BPM
HOPE · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 4, 20, 25, 41, 51 and 55.

LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 51 · LANDS ON BAR 52

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

60 bars across 7 sections: 41 keep time, 6 are fills, 5 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-16.

COUNT-IN
INTRO
PART E
CHORUS
PART E
OUTRO
4 groovesCES1S6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Hope?

92 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 Hope hard to play on drums?

35 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?

60 bars, about 2:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 16 exercises over 4 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Hope?

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 4, 20, 25, 41, 51 and 55.

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