Kiss in October · Sadness

248 bars of 4/4 at 116 BPM, about 8:33 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
116 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
248
LENGTH
8:33
DIFFICULTY
29/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 49% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-32, 65-91 and 193-224 -- 48.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 116 BPM
KISS IN OCTOBER · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 64, 92 and 188.

LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 92 · LANDS ON BAR 93
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 188 · LANDS ON BAR 189
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

248 bars across 9 sections: 92 keep time, 3 are fills, 86 are stops and 62 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 98-128.

CHORUS
PART A
PART F
PART S5
PART I
CHORUS 2
7 groovesBS5IFA+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Kiss in October?

116 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 Kiss in October hard to play on drums?

29 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 7 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

248 bars, about 8:33 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 23 exercises over 5 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Kiss in October?

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 64, 92 and 188.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 248 BARS ANALYSED
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