I Ran (So Far Away) · A Flock Of Seagulls

182 bars of 4/4 at 146 BPM, about 4:59 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

PopElectronic120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
146 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
182
LENGTH
4:59
DIFFICULTY
52/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 78% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 26-79, 82-111 and 118-131, and 2 more places -- 78% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 146 BPM
I RAN (SO FAR AWAY) · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 1, 80, 81, 117, 132, 133 and 4 more.

LOOP · 146 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 146 BPM
BARS 80-81 · LANDS ON BAR 82 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
LOOP · 146 BPM
BAR 117 · LANDS ON BAR 118
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

182 bars across 4 sections: 167 keep time, 10 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 27-79.

PART B
CHORUS
OUTRO 2
3 groovesCBFFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is I Ran (So Far Away)?

146 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 I Ran (So Far Away) hard to play on drums?

52 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?

182 bars, about 4:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 15 exercises over 4 sittings, about 29 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 I Ran (So Far Away)?

3 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 1, 80, 81, 117, 132, 133 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 182 BARS ANALYSED
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