Lazy · Deep Purple

282 bars, 22:24, at 50 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick and nothing else.

RockProgressiveUnder 90 BPMShuffle / tripletAdvanced
TEMPO
50 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
282
LENGTH
22:24
DIFFICULTY
48/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 102-103, 108 and 110, and 13 more places -- 21.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 50 BPM
LAZY · BAR 178
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 51, 52, 63, 76, 88, 99 and 27 more.

LOOP · 50 BPM
BARS 51-52 · LANDS ON BAR 53 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 50 BPM
BAR 63 · LANDS ON BAR 64 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 50 BPM
BAR 88 · LANDS ON BAR 89
LOOP · 50 BPM
BAR 112 · LANDS ON BAR 113 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

282 bars across 14 sections: 214 keep time, 33 are fills, 12 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 177-196.

PART A
PART J
PART A
CHORUS
PART AI
CHORUS 2
PART AI
CHORUS 3
9 groovesUAAIJBL+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Lazy?

50 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Lazy hard to play on drums?

48 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 37 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

282 bars, about 22:24 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 62 exercises over 17 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 Lazy?

17 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 51, 52, 63, 76, 88, 99 and 27 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 282 BARS ANALYSED
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