Il Était une Forêt... · Gris

275 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 10:00 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
275
LENGTH
10:00
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25-29, 31-33 and 35-40, and 4 more places -- 16% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 110 BPM
IL ÉTAIT UNE FORÊT... · BAR 25
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 17, 18, 34, 72, 73, 74 and 21 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 17-18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 72-75 · LANDS ON BAR 76 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 138 · LANDS ON BAR 139 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

275 bars across 34 sections: 149 keep time, 27 are fills, 15 are stops and 56 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 78-94.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART V
PART S15
PART AX
PART BD
23 groovesGMAXBDV+18Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Il Était une Forêt...?

110 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 Il Était une Forêt... hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 27 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

275 bars, about 10:00 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 91 exercises over 26 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Il Était une Forêt...?

17 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 17, 18, 34, 72, 73, 74 and 21 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 275 BARS ANALYSED
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