If [Loss] Then [Leader] · Norma Jean

127 bars of 4/4 at 114 BPM, about 4:27 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
114 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
127
LENGTH
4:27
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 35, 39 and 43, and 11 more places -- 23.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 114 BPM
IF [LOSS] THEN [LEADER] · BAR 35
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 3, 24, 28, 42, 55, 56 and 7 more.

LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 3 · LANDS ON BAR 4
LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

127 bars across 14 sections: 85 keep time, 13 are fills, 2 are stops and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 98-110.

BREAK 2
PART G
PART J
CHORUS
PART AA
CHORUS 2
PART O
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesQJEAAG+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is If [Loss] Then [Leader]?

114 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 If [Loss] Then [Leader] hard to play on drums?

44 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 27 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

127 bars, about 4:27 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 51 exercises over 15 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 [Loss] Then [Leader]?

9 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 3, 24, 28, 42, 55, 56 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 127 BARS ANALYSED
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