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If looks could kill #2 · A Heartwell Ending

EXERCISE 1 OF 32
Groove H -- Chorus
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0 / 32 PASSED · 18 BARS LIT · IN THE CHORUS, OUTRO 2
PART B
CHORUS
PART X
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesHABBXZ+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest
GROOVE · 11
FILL · 3
LAND · 3
RUN · 2
JOIN · 5
LINK · 2
SECTION · 5
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play If looks could kill #2 on drums

82 bars of 4/4 at a walking 98 BPM, 3:21 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet.

TEMPO
98 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
82
LENGTH
3:21
DIFFICULTY
74/100

hi-hat through bar 1, silence through bars 2-4, hi-hat through bars 5-14, snare through bars 15-20, hi-hat through bars 21-24 and snare through bars 25-26, and 13 more changes after that.

The beat

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13, 15 and 17, and 14 more places -- 22.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

    15
    1...........2...........3...........4...........
CC |------x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----|
SD |------x-----------x-----------x-----------x-----|
BD |---x--------x--x-----x-----x--------x--x-----x--|
If looks could kill #2 -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

3 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 25, 26, 41, 42, 60, 81 and 1 more.

What the course does

It cuts the song into 28 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 -- H -- 1 exercise, about 16 minutes. Open above.
  2. The grooves the song is built on -- I -- 1 exercise, about 17 minutes.
  3. The grooves the song is built on -- J -- 1 exercise, about 18 minutes.
  4. Through Part B and the Chorus -- 5 exercises, about 34 minutes.
  5. Through the Chorus -- 2 exercises, about 29 minutes.
  6. Through the Chorus -- 4 exercises, about 28 minutes.
  7. Through Part X -- 1 exercise, about 17 minutes.
  8. Through the Chorus and Part X -- 2 exercises, about 19 minutes.
  9. and 3 more sittings after that.
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Questions

What BPM is If looks could kill #2?

98 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 If looks could kill #2 hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 60 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

82 bars, about 3:21 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 28 exercises over 11 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 If looks could kill #2?

3 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 25, 26, 41, 42, 60, 81 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 82 BARS ANALYSED