Imperfection · Gravelmouth

168 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:53 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
168
LENGTH
4:53
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25, 27 and 29, and 28 more places -- 18.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
IMPERFECTION · BAR 25
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 10, 38, 81, 149, 157, 173 and 2 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 81 · LANDS ON BAR 82 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 149 · LANDS ON BAR 150
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

189 bars across 16 sections: 139 keep time, 8 are fills, 5 are stops and 19 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 111-141.

PART K
PART D
PART K
PART U
CHORUS 2
PART S10
PART AJ
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
11 groovesPAJKDU+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Imperfection?

120 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 Imperfection hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 54 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

168 bars, about 4:53 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 46 exercises over 19 sittings, about 23 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 Imperfection?

3 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 10, 38, 81, 149, 157, 173 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 168 BARS ANALYSED
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