July, Unending · Balmora

126 bars of 4/4 at a walking 101 BPM, 4:59 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
101 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
126
LENGTH
4:59
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 85-91, 93 and 95-99 -- 10.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 101 BPM
JULY, UNENDING · BAR 85
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

21 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 30 more.

LOOP · 101 BPM
BARS 5-11 · LANDS ON BAR 12 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 101 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 101 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21
LOOP · 101 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25

17 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

126 bars across 10 sections: 62 keep time, 36 are fills, 13 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 109-115.

CHORUS
PART N
PART I
PART AA
PART AI
PART Q
PART AR
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesARBNAAAV+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is July, Unending?

101 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 July, Unending hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 51 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

126 bars, about 4:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 55 exercises over 17 sittings, about 25 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 July, Unending?

21 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 30 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 126 BARS ANALYSED
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