In the dark · venturing

69 bars of 4/4 at 131 BPM, about 2:06 of playing, on crash, snare, high tom, mid tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
131 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
69
LENGTH
2:06
DIFFICULTY
37/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 8, 12 and 16, and 6 more places -- 19% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 131 BPM
IN THE DARK · BAR 8
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

69 bars across 7 sections: 5 keep time, 48 are stops and 11 are silent.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART A
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesCS6AS1S2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is In the dark?

131 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 In the dark hard to play on drums?

37 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 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

69 bars, about 2:06 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 3 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, snare, high tom, mid tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 69 BARS ANALYSED
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