Last Waltz · FRANCO

24 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 0:48 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
24
LENGTH
0:48
DIFFICULTY
69/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 38% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1, 3 and 7, and 6 more places -- 37.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
LAST WALTZ · BAR 7
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 4, 8, 16 and 24.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

24 bars: 20 keep time and 4 are fills. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-15.

OUTRO
1 grooveAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Last Waltz?

120 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 Last Waltz hard to play on drums?

69 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 51 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

24 bars, about 0:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 7 exercises over 4 sittings, about 20 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Last Waltz?

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 4, 8, 16 and 24.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 24 BARS ANALYSED
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