In The Round · The Cardigans

114 bars of 4/4 at a walking 108 BPM, 4:13 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndiePop90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
108 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
114
LENGTH
4:13
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 76% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-34, 37-44 and 47-48, and 6 more places -- 75.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 108 BPM
IN THE ROUND · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 68.

LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 68 · LANDS ON BAR 69
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

114 bars across 8 sections: 102 keep time, 1 is a fill, 1 is a stop and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 4-49.

CHORUS
PART E
PART E
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
4 groovesCES1S7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is In The Round?

108 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 Round hard to play on drums?

42 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?

114 bars, about 4:13 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 4 sittings, about 21 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in In The Round?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 68.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 114 BARS ANALYSED
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