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la valse du temps · LANDMVRKS

EXERCISE 8 OF 57
3-bar fill at bar 14
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0 / 57 PASSED · 3 BARS LIT · IN THE PART S2
COUNT-IN
PART S2
PART L
PART L
PART O
BREAK 2
PART AP
BREAK 3
OUTRO
12 groovesPLS11OAP+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest
GROOVE · 8
FILL · 13
LAND · 13
RUN · 4
JOIN · 8
LINK · 3
SECTION · 7
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play la valse du temps on drums

151 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 93 BPM, 4:59 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

62 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet.

TEMPO
93 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
151
LENGTH
4:59
DIFFICULTY
62/100

silence through bars 1-20, ride through bars 21-22, snare through bars 23-46, hi-hat through bars 47-48, ride through bars 49-50 and snare through bars 51-70, and 8 more changes after that.

The beat

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 31-33, 35 and 37, and 11 more places -- 19.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

    37
    1.......2.......3.......
CC |x---x---x---x---x---x---|
SD |------------x-----------|
BD |x---------x-----------x-|
la valse du temps -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

13 fills to learn, played 25 times: bars 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 and 19 more.

What the course does

It cuts the song into 43 exercises -- the grooves, the fills, and the joins between sections, which is where players actually come off -- and puts them in the order a teacher would. Each one opens on a reduction you can already play and adds the notes back a rung at a time, with a tempo to reach and a gate to pass before the next.

  1. The grooves the song is built on -- O, P -- 2 exercises, about 27 minutes.
  2. The grooves the song is built on -- AP -- 5 exercises, about 26 minutes.
  3. Through Part S2 and Part L -- 5 exercises, about 31 minutes. Open above.
  4. Through Part S2 and Part L -- 6 exercises, about 27 minutes.
  5. Bars 21-38 -- 4 exercises, about 27 minutes.
  6. Through the Chorus and Part L -- 7 exercises, about 31 minutes.
  7. Through Part L -- 6 exercises, about 28 minutes.
  8. Bars 42-65 -- 4 exercises, about 30 minutes.
  9. and 4 more sittings after that.
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Questions

What BPM is la valse du temps?

93 BPM, in 3/4, 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 la valse du temps hard to play on drums?

62 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 40 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

151 bars, about 4:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 43 exercises over 12 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 la valse du temps?

13 fills to learn, played 25 times: bars 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 and 19 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 151 BARS ANALYSED